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 taking pictures, authorities stated.

In an announcement 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 mentioned its local college risk enforcement crew was instantly notified and began investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This student’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 deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 college students and two teachers lifeless.

“Right now isn't the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This child made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 college capturing after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

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