Rockville student arrested for threatening to shoot up elementary school in 129-page manifesto

An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested for threatening to commit a school shooting. Alex Ye was arrested Thursday following a joint investigation by the Montgomery County Police Department and the FBI.

The investigation began when FBI agents were notified by MCPD about a 129-page “manifesto” written by Ye. In the document, Ye writes about committing a school shooting, and strategizes about how to do it. He also contemplates targeting an elementary school and says he wants to be famous, according to police.

Charging documents indicate the manifesto was a book that was shared with someone Ye had befriended while receiving treatment for homicidal and suicidal thoughts last year. Ye had previously threatened to “shoot up a school” in 2022, as well, according to the documents.

According to the documents, the person who received the book noted that the main character was Asian and transgender, who had previously been hospitalized for psychiatric care. All of these things mirrored Ye’s real life. The person ended up calling police and said they were worried that a school shooting was imminent.

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