Student charged after false gun report prompts lockdown at New Smyrna Beach High School, deputies say

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - A teenage girl has been charged after she called 911 to falsely report a gun on the campus of New Smyrna Beach High School earlier this week, deputies said.

The Volusia Sheriff's Office said the 16-year-old student claimed she saw a gun in a live Instagram video, but investigators learned she was lying in an attempt to get other students in trouble.

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The girl, who has not been named, was charged with disrupting school functions by making a false report, VSO said in a news release. 

The false report led to a lockdown at both New Smyrna Beach High School and New Smyrna Beach Middle School on Tuesday, police said, and caused a major disruption of school activities.

More than 50 law enforcement officers from multiple agencies responded to the campus following the report.