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

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

In an announcement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" sent by a student at an elementary school.

It said its local college menace enforcement crew was immediately notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's workplace said.

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

“This student’s behavior is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the menace got here just days after the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers lifeless.

“Right now shouldn't be the time to act like a bit of delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

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

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