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 text message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

It stated its native faculty menace enforcement workforce was immediately notified and started 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 might be seen being led into a police vehicle.

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the threat got here just days after the lethal college capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two lecturers useless.

“Right now will not be the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This youngster made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

Marceno stated his crew “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 gentle 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 based in London.