Rockville Teen Charged with Threats of Mass Violence

[Anonymous]

Gaithersburg, MD - An 18-year-old high school student has been charged in connection with plans to commit a school shooting at a Montgomery County school.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=45100

[Anonymous]

"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

[Anonymous]

As a result of the investigation, the Montgomery County Department of Police – Community Engagement Division coordinated with Montgomery County Public Schools to increase security at schools, particularly Wootton High School

So he's a Wooton student?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

Well, call me crazy, but I actually think it's important to understand the motivations behind a student who had detailed plans to murder our children while they're at school. So if he was planning this act due to anti-trans bullying like the Nashville shooter was, I think that's worth knowing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Might be a nonbinary they/them....

[Anonymous]

Is this separate from the BCC suicide threat?

I presume so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As a result of the investigation, the Montgomery County Department of Police – Community Engagement Division coordinated with Montgomery County Public Schools to increase security at schools, particularly Wootton High School

So he's a Wooton student?

Oddly, the press release don't exactly say, but that's what I inferred after reading it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this separate from the BCC suicide threat?

I presume so.

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

Does it kind of feel like MCPD wants everyone to know Ye is trans/gender nonconforming? They could have just said "Andrea AKA Alex Ye"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

Does it kind of feel like MCPD wants everyone to know Ye is trans/gender nonconforming? They could have just said "Andrea AKA Alex Ye"

No, it kind of feels like you're a conspiracy theorist and looking to criticize MCPD when they just did a remarkable job of saving lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

Does it kind of feel like MCPD wants everyone to know Ye is trans/gender nonconforming? They could have just said "Andrea AKA Alex Ye"

Andrea/Alex is referred as HE at the end of the release:

Ye was taken into custody and charged with threats of mass violence. He is currently being held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit where he awaits a bond hearing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

To keep the conversation civil and neutral while giving everyone freedom for their own personal opinion or interpretation, I think it's fair to say that this person was quite possibly understood to female at birth when the name "Andrea" was given , and quite possibly had started identified as nonbinary male since some later date when they adopted the name "Alex".

It's not clear whether the news article writer is using "he" because that's just a guess based on the name change, or whether they have specific information about the person's self identification or medical/legal records.

"A news conference is planned for Friday, April 19" so I suggest holding back speculation for now.

[Anonymous]

above should be "nonbinary or male"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Andrea Ye, of Rockville, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, by the Montgomery County Police Department."

So is this person a biological male or female?

Who cares

Does it kind of feel like MCPD wants everyone to know Ye is trans/gender nonconforming? They could have just said "Andrea AKA Alex Ye"

You don't know what MCPD said vs what the article author decided or guessed.

For better or for worse, we don't have an established linguistic culture of avoiding implicating a gender when it's is not clearly known, or just necessary to mention.

This a symptom of a broader problem in news reporting, where journalists do not provide copies or pointers of primary resources.