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A 16-year-old Belleview High School student was arrested by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) after he allegedly threatened to conduct a school shooting in a video that he posted on Snapchat. On Thursday, at approximately 7 p.m., multiple concerned residents contacted the sheriff’s office after locating a video on the Snapchat app. MCSO reviewed the video, which showed a teenager, later identified as Jesse Jacob Vargas, standing in a room. In the video, Vargas stated, “I’m not going to lie, I’m tired of being stereotyped as a school shooter. I mean, if that’s what everybody wants…” As he finished speaking, he raised his hand to show a firearm. Jesse Jacob Vargas According to MCSO, some of the residents who had viewed the video were able to identify Vargas and informed the sheriff’s office that he is a student at Belleview High School. Deputies responded to Vargas’ residence and made contact with Vargas and his parents. After deputies showed the Snapchat video to his parents, they advised that Vargas only had access to an Airsoft gun that looked like an assault rifle. The Airsoft gun that Jesse Jacob Vargas was holding in the Snapchat video (Photo courtesy of the Marion

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — A man has been arrested in connection to a post he made on Snapchat, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office.The sheriff’s office said it had received multiple calls about a video on Snapchat, where an individual talks about being stereotyped as a “school shooter,” then proceeds to show what appears to be a firearm, the sheriff’s office said.READ: Marion County officials work to track down suspected child molesterThe man has been identified and arrest.No further information is available. The sheriff’s office said more details will be given Friday morning.READ: Deputies: Man driving without two tires blames ‘paranormal activity,’ threatens to skin deputy aliveMan with sword in Kansas tased for allegedly refusing commands A man with a sword was tased for allegedly refusing commands from deputies in Shawnee County, Kansas on Nov. 3. (NCD)Click here to download the free WFTV news and weather apps, click here to download the WFTV Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.©2022 Cox Media Group

Video showed male talking about being stereotyped as a ‘school shooter’Marion County Sheriff's Office vehicle (file) (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A person was arrested Thursday after showing what appeared to be a gun in a Snapchat video, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.In the video, the person talked about being stereotyped as a “school shooter” and displayed an apparent firearm, deputies said.After receiving several calls about the video, deputies identified the person and arrested him, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post.Deputies said they would provide further details Friday morning.This is a developing story. Check back with News 6 for updates.Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily:Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.About the Author:Anthony TalcottAnthony, a graduate of the University of Florida, joined ClickOrlando.com in April 2022.

Nov. 1—A Sautee man accused of fatally shooting a Gainesville teenager entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity more than a month before his case is set for trial, according to court documents.Talon Lowery, 23, was indicted almost five years ago in the Nov. 2, 2017, shooting of Bryan Ramirez, 18, at the Cleveland Highway Texaco.A Snapchat video of the shooting led to Lowery as the murder suspect. He was indicted days later on malice murder and felony murder charges.After years of evaluations, Superior Court Judge Kathlene Gosselin ruled in September that Lowery was competent to stand trial.According to court documents, the trial has been specially set for Dec. 5.Lowery's attorneys, Jeffrey Brickman and Robert Rubin, filed notice Oct. 24 of Lowery's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.Competency concerns whether Lowery understood the facets of a trial and his ability to assist in his own defense."The defense of insanity focuses on the defendant's state of mind at the time of the alleged crime," Rubin told The Times Tuesday, Nov. 1.Rubin said Lowery suffers from schizophrenia and claimed his client "did not know that what he was doing was wrong."Rubin called it a "terribly sad case,"…

Snapchat has announced the next step in its push to integrate in-stream shopping elements, via a new integration with BigCommerce which will enable BigCommerce merchants to display their products in Snaps. As you can see in this example, BigCommerce merchants will now be able to integrate their product displays into Snap, providing direct connection and exposure potential to Snap’s audience of 363 million primarily younger users. As per BigCommerce: “BigCommerce merchants of all sizes in the US can now directly integrate their store as a one-stop shop to sync product catalogs and create immersive Snapchat ad campaigns to broaden customer reach, open new revenue streams and ultimately scale their business to the next level.” The integration will also enable BigCommerce merchants to track and measure Snap campaign performance through the use of the Snap Pixel, providing direct response data on Snapchat channel insights. Like all social platforms, Snapchat has been working to integrate more direct commerce elements, in order to drive new user behavior, and build new revenue streams. Snap has also been working to build digital clothing options for its Bitmoji characters, with a view to avatar commerce becoming a bigger thing. In combination, the ultimate end goal is…

US police have announced an arrest in the unsolved murders of two teenage girls – a pharmacy worker who has been living in the same small northern Indiana community where their bodies were found after they went on a hike nearly six years ago.Richard Matthew Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder counts in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in a case that has haunted the Indiana city of about 3000 people.The investigation is “far from complete,” State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said at a news conference on Monday.Libby German, 14, and Abby Williams, 13, were reported missing February 13, 2017, after they went on a hike at Delphi Historic Trails in Indiana and did not show up at a designated meet-up time. (CNN)He encouraged the community to come forward with more information, and said if any other people “had any involvement in these murders in any way, that person or persons will be held accountable".Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland described Allen’s arrest as “a step in the right direction”.“It’s concerning that he’s a local guy,” McLeland said.The evidence against Allen, a licensed pharmacy technician who worked at a local CVS store, has been…

A local CVS worker has been arrested in the mysterious murders of two Indiana teen girls who were killed while hiking near their hometown five years ago, police confirmed Monday. Richard Matthew Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder counts in the 2017 slayings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in Delphi in northern Indiana. The bodies of the two girls were found in a rugged area near a hiking trail on Feb. 14, 2017 — one day after they vanished during a day off from school. Their deaths were ruled a double homicide at the time, but authorities still haven’t revealed exactly how they were killed or what evidence they had in the case. Allen’s arrest is the first major update in a years-long case that has haunted the small city of about 3,000 people. “It’s concerning that he’s a local guy,” Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland said during a news conference on Monday. The evidence against Allen, who was working as a licensed pharmacy technician at the local CVS store prior to his arrest, has been temporarily sealed to avoid jeopardizing the “integrity” of their investigation, authorities said. A judge found probable cause to arrest and hold Allen without bond,…

Nigerian music star, Wizkid had the internet on a standstill today, Sunday, October 30, 2022, as he took to Snapchat to share a few controversial words. The singer stirred social media as he shared that he can in fact quit music today and still would continue to bask in wealth stating that he should be awarded the respect he deserves and should be addressed as sir or daddy when his name his mentioned. See some screenshots of the post he shared on Snapchat:

Snapchat’s Green Screen effects are easier to add than users may think. Discover how the new Director Mode may change content creation. Snapchat lenses are just one way to add a green screen to videos, but Snapchat has added a new tool with less hassle. This handy function allows users to overlay their videos with fun images and animations. But the fact that Snapchat developed this capability may hint at a big commitment toward evolving their innovative features. Snapchat has remained a solid social platform for over a decade. Until recently, their biggest competition was Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram. But now, a new generation of apps has stepped up to the plate and challenges the platform to invent new ways to retain users. When TikTok entered the picture, Snapchat added the Spotlight feature to feed users' demand for short-term video cravings. Not long after, BeReal joined the list of growing rivals, and Snapchat copied their dual-camera design. Ideally, Snapchat should invent its own tools and functionality, but it is clear that other companies are beating them to the punch. With the company tailing behind, they must at least match the opposition. And since TikTok is its biggest…

10/29/2022 7:30 p.m. Enyury A. Rodriguez Photo Credit: GoFundMe photo (Katherine Karafousia) Support is surging for the family of a pizza deliveryman killed in what authorities are calling a botched carjacking in Philadelphia.Enyury A. Rodriguez's loved ones identified him as the victim of the Thursday, Oct. 20 incident on the 2700 block of Swain Street around 8:30 p.m. More than $14,300 had been raised for his family on a GoFundMe page as of Saturday, Oct. 29."Words cannot describe the sadness we all feel, the unbearable pain in the eyes of his father and his family," reads the page launched by Katherine Karafousia. "We will all miss the happy, hard-working, and good-hearted Enyury, that went above and beyond for everyone."Rodriguez, a Fairmount Pizza driver, was getting out of his vehicle to get pizzas from his trunk when a 15-year-old boy leapt inside of the car, 6abc says citing police. Rodriguez tried to get his phone from the car, but the teen fled.Rodriguez shot the teen in the leg, but the teen shot back — striking the hard-working deliveryman in the chest, killing him, police said. Click here for more from 6abc and here to donate to the family. Click here to follow…