Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, 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 taking pictures, authorities mentioned.

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 scholar at an elementary school.

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

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

“This scholar’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 risk got here simply days after the deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two lecturers useless.

“Proper now shouldn't be the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned 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 gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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