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

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

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

It mentioned its native college risk enforcement staff was instantly notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This student’s conduct is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the risk got here just days after the lethal college taking pictures at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two academics lifeless.

“Proper now is not the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This child made a faux menace, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned his team “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 school shooting after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

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