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

A fifth grade student in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities mentioned.

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

It stated its local college risk enforcement workforce was instantly notified and started 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 can be seen being led right into a police vehicle.

“This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the menace came just days after the lethal college shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two academics dead.

“Proper now will not be the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This youngster made a fake menace, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

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

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