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 shooting, authorities stated.

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

It mentioned its native school threat enforcement crew was instantly notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This pupil’s behavior is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in an announcement, noting that the menace came just days after the deadly school taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now just isn't the time to act like somewhat delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 school taking pictures after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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