Crime & Safety

Aveda Institute Student Threatened Shooting At School: Pinellas Sheriff

An 18-year-old girl attending Aveda Institute in Clearwater threatened a shooting at the school, the Pinellas County sheriff said.

CLEARWATER, FL — An Aveda Institute student was arrested Monday for threatening a shooting at the Clearwater school, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Addison Gass, 18, of Largo was charged with written threats to kill or conduct a mass shooting.

Deputies say she posted a photograph of herself with a text overlay that said “i’m abt to shoot up this school” and “they done pissed me tf off”.

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Gass admitted to the post to deputies and said she was frustrated over a dress code violation.

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