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

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

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

It said its native school risk enforcement workforce was immediately notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This student’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace got here simply days after the lethal faculty capturing at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two academics dead.

“Proper now is not the time to behave like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This youngster made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The remark came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 school shooting after it got here to mild 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 based mostly in London.