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 text message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities stated.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office mentioned it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

It mentioned its local school threat enforcement team was immediately notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This scholar’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the menace came simply days after the lethal faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 college shooting after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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