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Who is Azea Agustama? Ex-Olympic boxer arrested for threatening to orchestrate mass shooting in Florida
MIAMI, FLORIDA: An ex-pro boxer who was once dubbed "one of the world's brightest up-and-coming light heavyweights" was jailed after threatening to shoot up a gym after being barred from fighting. Azea Augustama, who represented Haiti in the 2008 Olympics, was arrested Tuesday, November 22, after putting a deposit down on an AK-47. He was charged with three felonies.
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According to the affidavit, he was charged with two counts of issuing written threats to commit a mass shooting and one count of threatening to kill or do bodily harm. The 39-year-old, known as the "Haitian Hitman," was working as a personal trainer at Miami's BOXR Gym from where he was banned, according to reports.