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 mentioned.

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

It stated its native college threat enforcement crew was immediately notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This student’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the threat got here simply days after the deadly college capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers lifeless.

“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

Marceno stated his team “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 Could 24 school capturing after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

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