A 17-year-old Canadian has been accused of making an online death threat against those who attended an LGBTQ community event in West Palm Beach, on Florida’s east coast.
The Miami Police Department received a report on Sunday, June 5, that someone on the Omegle chat platform was threatening to conduct a mass shooting at the event. Pride on the Block 2022, in West Palm Beach.
Police said the suspect, a teenager in Ontario, was seen holding a gun in the video, while making destructive comments against the LGBTQ community and allegedly living in Palm Beach County, where he declared he would do the murder that day.
Miami police notified their colleagues in West Palm Beach and opened a criminal investigation.
The West Palm Beach Police Department said in a press release that its officers have worked with the U.S. Federal Police, FBI, New York Police Service, Toronto Police and Regional Police in Peel, Ontario. , to determine the location of the suspect. .
The teenager was arrested in Canada on Monday morning and the video, along with the gun seen in the video, was recovered at the time of the arrest.
Canadian authorities have charged the suspect with intimidation to commit mass shooting. Similar charges are pending in Florida, including making a written or electronic threat to kill, injure, or commit mass shooting or terrorism.
The Canadian Press
Source: Radio-Canada
