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

A fifth grade scholar 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 Office stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a student at an elementary faculty.

It said its native school risk enforcement workforce was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace said.

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

“This scholar’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the risk came simply days after the deadly faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Proper now is not the time to act like somewhat delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

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

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

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