MIAMI – Authorities confirmed the arrest of a Miami-Dade public school student Friday evening after they said another student was shot multiple times at Miami Northwestern Senior High.
A video surfaced showing students fighting before police said a teen pulled out a gun and fired at 15-year-old Devin Reeves in the faculty parking lot of the school Thursday night after a basketball game between Miami Central and Miami Northwestern high schools.
Police said Reeves was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition after the shooting.
Authorities with Miami-Dade County Public Schools confirmed Saturday that Reeves and the alleged shooter are both students. It is not clear which school they both attend.
Activist Renita Holmes said she was heartbroken.
“A kid that walks to school can get a gun from another kid, a kid can get a gun from an elder. They’re just out here,” said Holmes, who lives in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, adding it’s just “easy” for kids “to get their hands on guns.”
Tangie Sands said she felt panic and rushed to Northwestern, at 1100 NW 71 St., to see if her son was safe. He was, but she is convinced that more needs to be done to protect students.
“You have to screen every child, every single person that steps on the grounds of these schools,” Sands said.
She fears that without improvements “this will continue to happen.”
A Local 10 News crew was at the school Thursday where officers were seen collecting evidence and focusing on a backpack that was left behind.
Police said two cars were eventually towed from the school parking lot.
Authorities have not released the identity of the alleged shooter and a motive for the shooting has not been released at this time.
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