This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Florida teen’s false claim of being abducted and shot by Hispanic men triggered statewide alerts and anti-Latino ...

A Florida teen feared to have been kidnapped by “four Hispanic men” last week actually faked his own abduction — and even shot himself in the leg to as part of the painful, elaborate hoax, authorities ...

The text was every parent's worst nightmare: A 17-year-old said he had been abducted, shot and wounded by a group of men on a Florida highway. Law enforcement scrambled to the scene. A statewide alert ...