MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A high school student has been charged after police discovered his plans to commit a school shooting.
The student, 18-year-old Andrea Ye, was arrested Wednesday following the discovery of a 129-page manifesto detailing how he would carry out the shooting.
Ye shared his writings, which he called fiction, with a friend in early March.
That friend reported the document to police.
According to police, the document also stated that he contemplated targeting an elementary school and that he wanted to be famous.
On March 6, Ye was involuntary hospitalized after crisis intervention officers evaluated him at his home in Rockville.
A search warrant retrieved by the Montgomery County Police Department led to internet searches, drawings and documents related to threats of mass violence.
Police say that security at Montgomery County Public Schools will increase, specifically at Wootton High School.
Ye is currently in custody at Montgomery County Central Booking where he awaits a bond hearing.
