Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, 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 taking pictures, authorities mentioned.

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

It mentioned its native school menace enforcement workforce was instantly 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 may be seen being led into a police car.

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the menace got here simply days after the lethal school taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two lecturers useless.

“Right now isn't the time to behave like just a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 school shooting after it got here to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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