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 textual content message threatening to hold out a mass capturing, authorities mentioned.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" sent by a student at an elementary faculty.

It said its local faculty menace enforcement group 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 taking pictures," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This pupil’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace came simply days after the deadly faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two teachers dead.

“Proper now just isn't the time to behave like somewhat delinquent. It’s not funny,” he said. “This youngster made a faux menace, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 faculty taking pictures after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

Chantal Da Silva is a breaking information editor for NBC News Digital based mostly in London.