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applegrove

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Thu Feb 15, 2018, 06:50 PM Feb 2018

FBI was warned about alleged Florida gunman, could not locate

By Reuters

http://www.politicususa.com/2018/02/15/fbi-warned-alleged-florida-gunman-not-locate.html

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By Bernie Woodall and Zachary Fagenson

PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation was warned last year about an ominous online comment by the 19-year-old man accused of killing 17 people in his former high school but was unable to locate him, an agent said on Thursday.

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“He had some involvement with the Clearwater Republic of Florida cell at some point,” Jordan Jereb said in a telephone interview.

He may also have left warning signs on social media. A person with his name wrote a comment last year under a YouTube video that read “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” The man who posted the video, Ben Bennight, a Mississippi bail bondsman, was alarmed and contacted the FBI, according to a video he posted online late Wednesday.

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