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Coldwater

(1,343 posts)
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:35 PM Sep 2025

The Charlie Kirk effect



Florida teen in MAGA hat shot himself in elaborate abduction hoax blaming ‘Hispanic men’: cops

A Florida teen feared to have been kidnapped by “four Hispanic men” last week actually faked his own abduction — and even shot himself in the leg to as part of the painful, elaborate hoax, authorities said.

Caden Speight, 17, was feared to be in grave danger when he suddenly vanished in Dunellon, north of Tampa, last Thursday — with cops initially believing he could have been the victim of a shooting.

His disappearance triggered a desperate search and “amber alert” after authorities uncovered his abandoned car with evidence of a single gunshot close by, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.


Link

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-teen-in-maga-hat-shot-himself-in-elaborate-abduction-hoax-blaming-hispanic-men-cops/ar-AA1NCiEn?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=68dc90ced40d45b3b46b286d5fd28a79&ei=14


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The Charlie Kirk effect (Original Post) Coldwater Sep 2025 OP
hope all the first responding agencies sue him and his family for all the money wasted. Takket Sep 2025 #1
A few gun fatalities are the unfortunate price thomski64 Sep 2025 #3
What a fitting surname. live love laugh Sep 2025 #2
From the article: markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #4
I would assume on the advice of their attorney Coldwater Sep 2025 #5
I wasn't aware that parents could just refuse markodochartaigh Oct 2025 #7
"four Hispanic men" - he knows his audience. Solly Mack Sep 2025 #6

thomski64

(963 posts)
3. A few gun fatalities are the unfortunate price
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:45 PM
Sep 2025

We must pay to protect our God give right to murder each other....to paraphrase C. Kirk

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
4. From the article:
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 10:50 PM
Sep 2025

"His parents have so far refused to let law enforcement interview him, according to the sheriff’s office."

WTF.

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
7. I wasn't aware that parents could just refuse
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 12:04 AM
Oct 2025

to allow the police to talk to their 17 year old child in relation to a crime.

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