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 shooting, authorities stated.

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

It said its native faculty risk enforcement staff 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 can be seen being led right into a police vehicle.

“This student’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the threat got here just days after the lethal college capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two teachers useless.

“Right now will not be the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This little one made a faux menace, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

Marceno stated his workforce “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 Could 24 college capturing after it got here to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately moving in on the gunman.

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