A US teenager accused of planning a mass shooting at his former elementary school was arrested after sharing a story he wrote describing the attack, police say. Alex Ye, 18, was arrested in Maryland after an investigation by the FBI and Montgomery County police.
A Maryland high school student was arrested and charged with threat of mass violence after police say they discovered evidence revealing the teen had plans to commit a school shooting, authorities said Thursday.
Authorities say 18-year-old Alex Ye threatened a shooting at his Maryland high school and discussed killing students in a document he wrote and shared with a friend. The friend alerted authorities. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.
A day after officers arrested a Wootton High School student for allegedly making threats of mass violence, the Montgomery County Department of Police (MCDP) held a news conference with more details. MCDP arrested 18-year-old Alex Ye on Thursday after executing a search warrant on a 129-page “manifesto.
Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they were able to prevent a school shooting planned by a teen. Alex Ye, 18, a student at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, was arrested Wednesday and charged with threats of mass violence,
Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said the 18-year-old “strategized on how to access the easiest classrooms in his high school and how he would be able to sneak a gun into the school."
A Maryland teenager was charged with threatening mass violence after investigators in Montgomery County found a 129-page “memoir” the 18-year-old had written that described shooting up a high school and elementary school,