Key Largo School was placed on lockdown early Thursday morning after a person fled from U.S. Customs & Border Patrol officers and Florida Highway Patrol troopers performing a stop on a white van.
According to reports, the pursuit led law enforcement toward the school, prompting the lockdown. CBP officers were seen searching a nearby wooded area. The fleeing individual was eventually caught.
By 10 a.m. the school announced a lift of the lockdown, with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office giving the school clearance to resume normal operations for the day.
A Veteran’s Day ceremony planned for Friday morning will be rescheduled to another day next week.
