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ORLANDO, Fla. - Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said a 17-year-old staged his own abduction, sparking an overnight search involving local, state and federal law enforcement.

‘Completely made up'

What we know:

The teenager was reported missing in a statewide Amber Alert on Friday evening.

Investigators later discovered that the teen had purchased a bicycle, tent and camping gear before sending alarming text messages to his family claiming he had been shot and taken. His abandoned truck was found near evidence of a single gunshot, but deputies said they determined his story was false.

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The teen ultimately shot himself in the leg with a handgun he had carried throughout the ordeal, then reappeared in Williston with a non-life-threatening

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