Western Standard - June 07, 2022


Canadian teen arrested for planning a mass shooting at a Florida Pride event


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1 minute

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167.25264

Word count

222

Sentence count

15


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A 17-year-old Canadian was arrested for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a Florida Pride event. The teen threatened to shoot participants at the Pride on the Block event in West Palm Beach this Sunday on a video chat site called Omegle. He had a gun in the videos where he also made anti-gay plus statements. The police arrested the teen in Ontario and recovered the gun from the video.

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00:00:00.000 A 17-year-old Canadian was arrested for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a Florida Pride
00:00:04.520 event. On Monday, the teen was arrested after an international investigation involving the FBI,
00:00:10.740 Toronto and Peel Regional Police, and the West Palm Beach Police Department. The teen threatened
00:00:16.080 to shoot participants at the Pride on the Block event in West Palm Beach this Sunday on a video
00:00:21.260 chat site called Omegle. He had a gun in the videos where he also made anti-LGBTQ plus statements
00:00:29.220 and claimed to live in West Palm Beach. The police arrested the teen in Ontario and recovered the
00:00:34.760 gun from the video. Canadian authorities charged him with threatening to commit a mass shooting.
00:00:40.880 Most likely, the U.S. will seek extradition to Florida where charges are still pending.
00:00:46.560 People were very scared, said the West Palm Beach Deputy Police Chief Rick Morris at a press conference
00:00:51.920 on Monday. The Pulse nightclub shooting is still on everybody's minds, especially in our gay community.
00:00:58.180 In 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting happened in Orlando where a gunman killed 49 people and
00:01:04.740 wounded 53 more. The Pride on the Block event brought in additional security in case he was not
00:01:11.080 acting alone. As a minor, the suspect's identity is not being released to the public.
00:01:16.780 My name is Chris Olkorn reporting for the Western Standard.