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MARION COUNTY, Fla. - A 17-year-old boy accused of staging a shooting and alleging his own abduction has been arrested and charged, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.

The boy was arrested on Tuesday on charges of providing false evidence, shooting into a conveyance, making a false report of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a minor.

FOX 35 is not naming the boy or showing his mug shot due to his age.

Sheriff: Shooting, abduction was not true

The backstory:

On Sept. 25, MCSO deputies responded to a report of a shooting on Highway 484 in Dunnellon. Deputies found the boy's truck, though the teen was not there.

The boy had then texted his family that he had been shot. It were reports that he had been abducted by four men.

An AMBER Alert was issued that night,

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