{"id":429517,"date":"2026-10-16T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429517\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:26:11","slug":"florida-teen-used-ai-altered-photo-to-frame-ex-boyfriend-in-school-shooting-threat-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429517\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida teen used AI-altered photo to frame ex-boyfriend in school shooting threat, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida teenager is facing several charges after deputies say she used an AI-altered photo to frame her ex-boyfriend in a school shooting threat.<\/p>\n

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Riverview High School in Riverview, southeast of Tampa, on Wednesday, after administrators received an email that contained a screenshot of an Instagram post that was threatening a shooting at the school.<\/p>\n

That post, deputies said, appeared to have come from a male student who attended the high school.<\/p>\n

Deputies said detectives were able to interview that male student, and they determined that the Instagram post didn’t come from him.<\/p>\n

Instead, deputies said it originated from his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend, who was a former Riverview High School student.<\/p>\n

Detectives said that when they interviewed the teen, she admitted to have sending the email to Riverview High School administrators, knowing that the image had been altered using artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

The teen, who CBS News Miami is not identifying because of her age, was charged with written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and disrupting school campus or function.<\/p>\n

Arrest made one day before deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school<\/p>\n

\"US-CRIME-SHOOTING<\/p>\n

A Bend City Police officer uses a police tape to cordon off the entrance to Silver Rail Elementary School following a shooting in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, 2026.<\/p>\n

Payton Bruni \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Florida teen’s arrest came one day before a shooting took place at an Oregon elementary school that left three children and one teacher dead<\/a>, and injured another child and teacher.<\/p>\n

The shooting at the Oregon elementary school took place Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, which is about 160 miles or so southeast of Portland.<\/p>\n

The children killed were ages 5, 8 and 11, police said THursday night. A 7-year-old child and 54-year-old teacher were critically injured.<\/p>\n

The suspect, a 16-year-old male, was shot and killed by a bystander, police said.<\/p>\n

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