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 hold out a mass shooting, authorities mentioned.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a student at an elementary college.

It said its local faculty threat enforcement staff was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This scholar’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in an announcement, noting that the risk got here simply days after the lethal faculty capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 college students and two academics lifeless.

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

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 school capturing after it got here to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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