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 textual content message threatening to hold out a mass capturing, authorities mentioned.

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace said it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary faculty.

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

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

“This student’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the menace got here just days after the lethal college taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two lecturers dead.

“Proper now just isn't the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This little one made a pretend menace, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

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

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