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 taking pictures, authorities stated.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary school.

It said its local 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 said.

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

“This pupil’s behavior is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the threat got here simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two teachers useless.

“Proper now just isn't the time to act like somewhat delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This youngster made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

Marceno said his group “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 May 24 college taking pictures after it came to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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