Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, 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 taking pictures, authorities mentioned.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a student at an elementary college.

It stated its local college risk enforcement workforce was instantly notified and started 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 stated.

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

“This pupil’s conduct is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the threat got here simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now isn't the time to behave like somewhat delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This little one made a pretend risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 school shooting after it got here to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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