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

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

It stated its local faculty risk enforcement team was immediately notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This scholar’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a press release, noting that the threat got here simply days after the deadly school capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Proper now is not the time to act like a bit of delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This baby made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 school shooting after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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