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 said.

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

It stated its local faculty menace enforcement workforce 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 stated.

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 recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a press release, noting that the risk came simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two lecturers useless.

“Right now just isn't the time to behave like a bit of delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a pretend menace, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno said 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 May 24 college taking pictures after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of immediately moving in on the gunman.

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