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

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

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a pupil at an elementary school.

It said its native school risk enforcement crew was immediately notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This student’s conduct is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a press release, noting that the risk came simply days after the lethal faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers useless.

“Proper now isn't the time to behave like a bit of delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 faculty capturing after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

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