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

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace said it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a student at an elementary college.

It said its native college threat enforcement workforce 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 taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, particularly after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the menace got here just days after the lethal school taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Proper now just isn't the time to behave like slightly delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a pretend risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned his staff “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 Could 24 faculty capturing after it got here to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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