Teen Charged For Terror Threat Against FL Pride Event

West Palm Beach’s ABC News affiliate reports:

A 17-year-old is in Canadian custody for threatening a mass shooting in West Palm Beach after an international investigation. The suspect made an online threat to shoot people at the “Pride on the Block” event downtown Sunday.

“I can say through his statement that there’s no remorse,” Deputy Chief Rick Morris said during the press conference. The suspect put a video on the Omegle chat platform where he was wielding a gun on a according to police.

He claimed to be a Palm Beach County resident in the video. The suspect was in Canada and not in West Palm Beach, police said. Police said the video included chilling detail, making anti-LGBTQ comments and even mentioned which block he was going to commit a mass shooting on that day at the event.

The Canadian Press reports:

The WPBPD said in a news release that their officers collaborated with the FBI, New York Police Department, Toronto Police Service and Peel Regional Police to determine the location of the suspect.

The teenager was arrested in Canada in the early hours of Monday, June 6, and the video, as well as the firearm seen in the video, were recovered at the time of the arrest.

Canadian authorities have charged the suspect with threatening to commit a mass shooting, and similar charges are pending in Florida, including written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.

The teen will be extradited to Palm Beach County.