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 textual content message threatening to carry out a mass shooting, authorities mentioned.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary school.

It said its native school menace enforcement staff was immediately notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This scholar’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the threat came simply days after the deadly school capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two academics lifeless.

“Right now will not be the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This child made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno said his workforce “didn’t hesitate one second...NOT ONE SECOND,” to analyze the incident.

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 school capturing after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking news editor for NBC Information Digital primarily based in London.