MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) —The Marion County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a state wide Amber Alert issued last week for Seventeen-year-old Caden Speight was likely a hoax, with the teen going as far as shooting himself in the leg.

“The initial details[muted] texted to his family were proven to be false. Completely made up,” said Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods. “His claims that he had been shot and abducted were quickly disproven[…]we did find evidence of a single gun shot where [mute] left his truck.”

The Amber Alert stated that Speight was last seen Thursday traveling in the area of the 12800 block of Southwest Highway 484 in the City of Dunnellon, southwest of Ocala. His car was found in the same area with no one inside.

Speight was last seen wearing an unknown colored T

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