Former professional light heavyweight boxer Azea Augustama has been arrested for threatening to commit a mass shooting at a boxing gym in Miami.
The 39-year-old faces two counts of making written threats to commit a mass shooting and one count of making a written threat to kill or cause bodily harm. The charges stem from Instagram posts targeting people at the Boxr gym, where he previously trained. Augustama had her gym membership revoked on November 11 after arguing with another member.
Speaking about the incident, Boxr gym owner Mateo Attalla told CNN: “Something was wrong. He was just acting kind of funny and he started acting aggressive.”
On Tuesday, November 15, Augustama returned to the gym with the police to collect his belongings. “He was escorted with policemen to collect his belongings and, of course, the belongings were not there,” Attalla said.
Augustama is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami on $3 million bail after being arrested by police at the pawn shop where he made a deposit. During his eight-year professional career, from 2009 to 2017, Augustama amassed a 20-3 record with 12 knockout wins.
The Haitian boxer failed to take off in the paid ranks, but found success as an amateur. Augustama represented his country at the 2008 Olympics and the 2007 World Championships. He also won the 2008 National Golden Gloves.
Augustama was born in Les Gonaives, Haiti but resides in Florida. The affidavit lists his current profession as a personal trainer at the time of the arrest.
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