Cops Capture Gunmen After Searching School
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A robbery suspect trying to escape police ran into a Catholic school Thursday, forcing about 140 children to flee.
The suspect crashed a truck into a house as he fled from authorities, then ran inside Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Miami suburb of Opa-locka. A second suspect was captured outside the school.
Both suspects were arrested, and no children were hurt, police spokesman Frank Gonzalez said.
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Miami television station WFOR showed footage of small children running from the school. A woman rushed out carrying two children, followed by another woman with two more youngsters. A group of older children were later seen running from the school to another building.
Iris Santos, a secretary at the church, had learned from police that a person with a gun was in the preschool.
"They say to lock the door and stay inside," she said before the last suspect was captured.