Principal Brought Loaded Guns To South FL School: Report

PARKLAND, FL — A South Florida charter school principal mistakenly brought two loaded guns onto campus Thursday.

While unloading items from her car, Geyler Castro, principal of Somerset Parkland Academy, accidentally brought a closed box containing two guns into the school, Local 10 News reported.

When the guns were found, a school resource officer with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office secured them in a room that couldn’t be accessed by students or staff, according to CBS News. BSO detectives were called in to investigate and given the guns.

“No one intended to bring a weapon into the building. The box was among many items brought into the locked room from the principal’s vehicle,” the school’s governing board said in a statement.

Parents at the school told WSVN that they were never alerted of a gun on campus or a Code Red on the day of the incident. They said they eventually received a letter from the school around 5 p.m. Friday.

The state attorney’s office will determine whether to press charges against Castro.

The charter school is about three miles from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, where a Feb. 14, 2018, shooting left 17 people dead and 17 injured.

According to its website, Somerset Parkland Academy is a STEAM-focused, college preparatory school.

Castro is also principal of Somerset Academy Riverside, according to her LinkedIn profile. Before this, she was vice principal at Somerset Academy Central Miramar.