Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, 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 shooting, authorities stated.

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

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

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace came simply days after the lethal faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now will not be the time to act like somewhat delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This youngster made a fake menace, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 school taking pictures after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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