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A transgender 18-year-old planned a school shooting because he 'wanted to be famous', according to cops who arrested him after finding his 129-page 'manifesto'.
Andrea Ye, whose preferred name is Alex, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with making threats of mass violence after allegedly planning to shoot up Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland.
Police swooped on Ye after finding a 'manifesto' written by the teen which they said 'writes about committing a school shooting, and strategizes how to carry out the act'.
In the pages, Ye allegedly wrote that he 'wants to be famous' and contemplated targeting an elementary school as 'little kids make easier targets'.
According to court documents seen by ABC, Ye first described the manifesto as 'fiction' but then later described it as 'his memoir'.
Andrea Ye, whose preferred name is Alex, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with making threats of mass violence
He was allegedly planning to shoot-up Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland
Montgomery County Public Schools told Fox that Ye is an active student at Wootton High School in Rockville but has been attending through a virtual program and hadn't been on campus physically since 2022.
Police reportedly said in court records that Ye's sex is female but he uses male pronouns.
After the FBI alerted Montgomery County Police to the manifesto, they obtained a search warrant and found internet searches, drawings and documents related to threats of mass violence.
Ye reportedly put a disclaimer in the book saying it doesn't 'represent the author's beliefs' but a witness - who first contacted authorities in early March - raised concerns that the manifesto bore 'striking similarities' to Ye.
The witness
