Alex Ye biography: 10 things about Rockville, Maryland trans man

Who is Alex Ye?

Alex Ye is a Chinese-American trans man from Maryland, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He is a resident of Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland.
2. Both of his parents have PhDs and work from home for the U.S. federal government.
3. He was born biologically female but he identifies as male.
4. His birth name was Andrea Ye.
5. He graduated from Lakewood Elementary School in Rockville.
6. He attended Thomas S. Wootton High School, which is based in Rockville, both online and physically.
7. He was born in 2006.
8. He was a Thomas S. Wootton High School until the fall of 2022.
9. From late 2022 to early 2023, a school counselor worked with him.
10. In 2023, he was having homicidal ideations again so he spent five months at the pediatric unit of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland then he wrote a 129-page manifesto about committing shootings at Lakewood Elementary School and Thomas S. Wootton High School.

TIMELINE

2022

• In December 2022, he was hospitalized after threatening to shoot up his school.

2023

• In January 2023, he was released from the hospital but he was still preoccupied with self-harm, explosives and school shootings.
• In December 2023, he posted a message on Discord talking about wanting to “repeat Columbine.”

2024

• On March 3, 2024, the Baltimore County Police Department called the Rockville City Police Department to check on his welfare based on information about a threat that was made. 
• On March 4, 2024, the Rockville City Police Department notified the Montgomery County Police Department and the crisis intervention team started investigating based on the information received and the alleged threats he made with regard to Lakewood Elementary School and Thomas S. Wootton High School.
• On March 6, 2024, police officers evaluated him at his residence in Rockville and took him to a hospital on an emergency evaluation petition.
• On March 15, 2024, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents interviewed the school counselor who worked with him.
• On March 13, 2024, Thomas S. Wootton High School staff talked to investigators about his preoccupation with self-harm, school shootings and explosives.
• On March 19, 2024, investigators went to the hospital to interview him but he declined to talk then hospital staff told the investigators that he searched for mass shootings and school shootings on Discord.
• On March 21, 2024, Montgomery County Police Department officers executed a search warrant of his residence in Rockville and seized his cellphone, laptop and iPad.
• On April 16, 2024, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office obtained a warrant for his arrest.
• On April 17, 2024, he was arrested by Montgomery County Police Department officers and charged with threats of mass violence and held at the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit in Rockville.
• On April 19, 2024, he was denied bail during a bail review, which was attended by his parents.

2025

• On January 8, 2025, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Jill Cummins found him guilty of threat of mass violence.
• On February 28, 2025, he will attend his sentencing hearing.