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 shooting, authorities stated.

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

It mentioned its native school threat enforcement workforce 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 capturing," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“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 risk came simply days after the deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Right now shouldn't be the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This youngster made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned his team “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 college shooting after it got here to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

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