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

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to carry out a mass shooting, authorities stated.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

It stated its native faculty risk enforcement team was instantly notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This student’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the risk came simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

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

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

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

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