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Lockdown at Margate Middle School lifted after report of weapon on campus unfounded

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Police respond to Margate Middle School after a possible weapon was found on campus on Monday, March 4, 2024.
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Margate Middle School was briefly placed on lockdown Monday as police investigated reports of a weapon on campus, which were later unfounded.

The Margate Police Department and the Broward Sheriff's Office investigated the school grounds.

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Further information was not available.

Last October, a student at Margate Middle School was disciplined for bringing a BB gun to campus, prompting a large police response.

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