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

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

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

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

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the menace came just days after the deadly college capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two academics dead.

“Proper now just isn't the time to behave like just a little delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This child made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 college capturing after it got here to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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