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

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

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

It said its local school threat enforcement team was immediately notified and began 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 office mentioned.

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

“This scholar’s behavior is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the threat came just days after the lethal faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two teachers dead.

“Proper now isn't the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a fake menace, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

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

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