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

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

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

It mentioned its local faculty menace enforcement team was immediately notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This pupil’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the threat came just days after the deadly college taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now will not be the time to behave like a bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This baby made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The remark came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 college shooting after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

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