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 textual content message threatening to hold out a mass capturing, authorities said.

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 scholar at an elementary school.

It stated its local college threat enforcement group was instantly notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This student’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace came just days after the deadly college capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now just isn't the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This baby made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

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

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