{"id":388569,"date":"2026-09-02T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388569\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:44:11","slug":"substitute-teacher-arrested-after-loaded-gun-found-in-her-backpack-at-hialeah-school-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388569\/","title":{"rendered":"Substitute teacher arrested after loaded gun found in her backpack at Hialeah school, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

HIALEAH, Fla. \u2014 A substitute teacher was arrested Tuesday after she brought a loaded gun to Westland Senior High School in Hialeah, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, a teacher found an unattended bookbag in the auditorium of the school, located at 4000 W. 18th Ave., and searched it, trying to locate an ID. Instead, the teacher found a loaded 9 mm Walther handgun, the report stated.<\/p>\n

Police said the teacher immediately took the backpack to the principal\u2019s office and the principal notified the school resource officer. <\/p>\n

According to the report, the officer searched the backpack and found a passport ID inside a wallet that belonged to Chenelle Antonette Doctor, 27, of Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Police said Doctor is a substitute teacher employed by Kelly Services who was working on the high school campus Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Doctor was then located and taken into custody, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Police said Doctor spontaneously told the arresting officer that she forgot to take her gun out of her backpack that morning. <\/p>\n

According to the report, the gun had a round in the chamber and a magazine inserted with seven live rounds. An empty magazine was also located in the backpack, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Doctor was arrested on a charge of possession of a firearm on school property.<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday morning, Doctor was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.<\/p>\n

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