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STAY WITH CBS4 NEWS AND
MIAMI.CBSLOCAL.COM FOR
CONTINUING COVERAGE.
NOW THROUGH ELECTION DAY.
NEW DETAILS ON THE ARREST
OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
ACCUSED OF HAVING A LOADED GUN
AT SCHOOL AND TODAY, LEARNING
IF THEY CAN GO BACK HOME.
NATALIA ZEA IS LIVE WITH MORE.
GOING TO BE IN LOCK DOWN AND
LOCKED UP FOR 21 DAYS.
THE JUDGE TOLD THE TEARFUL
PARENTS THAT THE BOYS' DECISION
COULD HAVE COST LIVES.
.
SPEAKING AT TIMES THROUGH
TEARS, THE PARENTS OF THE TWO
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE
ARRESTED FOR PLAYING WITH A
LOADED GUN ON CAMPUS WERE
PLEADING WITH THE JUDGE TO LET
THEM OUT OF JUVENILE LOCKUP.
COMING HOME?
NOT GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE.
NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE.
THE FATHER OF THE BOY WHO
ALLEDGEDLY BROUGHT THE GUN TO
SCHOOL SAID HE DID NOT GET THE
GUN FROM UNDER HIS BED.
SAYING THE BOYS HELD THE GUN
UNDER A PORTABLE AND POINTED IT
AT STUDENTS WITH A BULLET IN
THE CHAMBER.
ANYTHING OTHER THAN DISTURBS
-- THE EGREGIOUS NATURE OF THIS
IS PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER.
THE JUDGE WENT A STEP
FURTHER.
ANYONE COULD HAVE FOUND IT.
NOT JUST THE TWO LIVES IN
DANGER.
HAVING A FIREARM IN THE SCHOOL,
SOMETHING THAT -- CAUSING SO
MUCH CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE SEVERAL
HONOR ROLL CERTIFICATES AND THE
REPORT CARDS SHOWING BUT AT
LEAST ONE WAS A GOOD STUDENT,
BUT STILL KEPT THEM LOCKED UP.
AT THIS TIME, I DON'T FEEL
THAT I CAN LET THEM OUT OF
DETENTION.
THOUGH SHE SAID SHE FELT FOR
THE PARENTS, BUT APOLOGIZED TO
THOUGH WHO RASHED THERE WHILE
IT'S ON LOCKDOWN.
HOPING FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE.