Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass capturing, police say

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to hold out a mass shooting, authorities stated.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" sent by a scholar at an elementary college.

It said its native college threat enforcement staff was instantly notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

In video shared by authorities, the boy could be seen being led right into a police vehicle.

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace got here just days after the deadly school taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two teachers useless.

“Proper now just isn't the time to act like just a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

Marceno stated his group “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to research the incident.

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 faculty taking pictures after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking information editor for NBC News Digital primarily based in London.