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Friday, October 17, 2025

A Florida teenager is facing charges after allegedly faking his own kidnapping and shooting himself in the leg as part of the hoax, according to officials. Caden Speight (17) from Citrus Springs, FL was arrested and charged with presenting false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime and possessing a firearm as a minor, in connection with the September incident. In the alleged staged kidnapping, Speight purchased equipment at Walmart and searched on ChatGPT about "Mexican cartels" and "collecting his blood without causing pain." The lunatic then texted his parents and younger brother in a group chat on 25 Sep, saying he was being shot at. "I need help being shot at 4 Hispanics armed white van one driver im hit," the text read. This pimple-pussed Horst Wessel wannabe threw his life away over racism and stupidity. While Caden's classmates are attending a Florida State College, this miscreant will be attended to at a Florida State Prison.

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Multiple agencies were involved in the search to help locate Caden Speight, including the FBI, the sheriff's office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation. Authorities utilized helicopters and issued an Amber Alert to assist with the search. MAGAts and white supremacists then spent two weeks calling for revenge against Mexicans. One maniac posted: "They shot him, dragged him from the car and abducted him. These are the facts we are being hunted in America. Strap the fkkk up lock and load." Unclear is how many innocent Hispanics or Mexicans may have been wrongfully targeted by these revenge-seeking white supremacists. In an average year, 3,108 people die and 6,358 are wounded by guns in Florida which has the 23rd-highest rate of gun violence in the US. Florida firearms licenses: 518,725. An estimated 35.3% of adults in the Sunshine State live in homes with guns.

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Wow.

Florida teen accused of shooting himself in the leg while faking his own kidnapping
www.nbcnews.com

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-17 01:11 AM | Reply

I'll get the whattabout...

Jussie Smollett!!!

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-17 01:17 AM | Reply

He shot himself in the leg? That is pathetically desperate.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-10-17 01:45 AM | Reply

@#3

The question for me is ...

Why did he do that?

What drove a teenager to shot himself in the leg?



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-17 02:29 AM | Reply

Here is Caden Speight's future white supremacist cellmate at a Florida State Prison: www.nbcnews.com

Caden Speight and Caleb James Williams will watch their high school classmates enjoy college while they exercise extreme caution in the shower facilities over the next several years.

Nota Bene: From the Internet: "African-Americans are overrepresented in the Florida prison population, making up around 47% of all prisoners despite comprising only around 16% of the state's population. In addition, the Florida prison population has a high percentage of individuals with mental health issues."

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-17 04:09 AM | Reply

You mean he shot himself in his own leg to blame mexicans and is now getting arrested for it?

That is the single most magat thing I've ever read.

I think we have a candidate for the new Turning Point USA president.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-10-17 11:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#6: That is the single most magat thing I've ever read. I think we have a candidate for the new Turning Point USA president.

If the DA prosecutes Caden Speight as an adult, the Hitler Youth will have to wait a few years for their new leader, unless Gov. Ron DeSatan pardons him after conviction.

Helicopters and FBI agents were wasted looking for this meshugenah.

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-17 01:03 PM | Reply

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