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

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities mentioned.

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

It stated its native college risk enforcement crew 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 shooting," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This pupil’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the threat came simply days after the deadly school capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now is not the time to behave like a little delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This baby made a pretend risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned 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 Could 24 faculty shooting after it got here to gentle 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.