Wekiva High School was placed on lockdown Friday, but shortly before 11:30 a.m., the lockdown was lifted.
Skywitness 9 was over the school when law enforcement officers arrived at the scene on Hiawassee Road.
Just before 8:30 a.m., the Orange County Sheriff's Office school resource officer responded to a report of a student possibly carrying a firearm, officials said.
“I have a set of twins in there, and he said, ‘Mom, reportedly there's a report of someone on the campus with a gun. We're on lockdown. We're scared.’ I said, ‘Stay down.’ Where I was, I began to pray and ask for all angels to be released," parent Lecia Gray said.
Investigators said the student was identified and taken into custody and questioned, but he did not have a gun.
Deputies conducted a sweep of the school to “confirm the absence of a weapon,” officials said.
Deputies said no weapons were found.
Parents have now been allowed closer to Wekiva High. Many plan to pull their children out for the day. OCSO says someone reported that a student had a gun. Student detained and questioned, but no gun in his possession. pic.twitter.com/gzZRXnC40Z
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