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Lockdown Lifted At Blake High; 3 Students Arrested

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By RAY REYES | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 1, 2008

Updated: 02/01/2008 05:26 pm

TAMPA - TAMPA - TAMPA - A lockdown of Blake High School was lifted about 3 p.m. today after authorities searched the school and found an unloaded handgun in a locker, Hillsborough County school district officials said.

Two 16-year-old male students and a 15-year-old female student were arrested and each charged with possession of a weapon on a school campus, according to Tampa police. The Tampa Tribune is withholding the suspects' names because of their age.

A Blake High School resource officer received a tip late Friday morning that two students had brought a gun to school, police said. The officer searched two suspects but did not find a gun, police said.

The officer activated the lockdown about 1 p.m. as police searched the school at 1701 North Blvd., Tampa police spokeswoman Janelle McGregor said. During the lockdown, students were not allowed out of classrooms without adult supervision, McGregor said.

About 2:30 p.m., the 15-year-old student told a teacher that she had the gun in her locker, police said. Officers searched the locker and found the unloaded .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun inside, police said.

Why the students brought the gun to the performing and visual arts magnet school is still unclear, police said.

The investigation is continuing. Stay with TBO.com for updates.

Reporter Ray Reyes can be reached at (813) 865-4433 or rreyes@tampatrib.com.

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