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 textual content message threatening to carry out a mass capturing, authorities stated.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a scholar at an elementary school.

It said its local college risk enforcement team was instantly notified and started investigating. The 10-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 may be seen being led right into a police car.

“This scholar’s habits is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the risk got here simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Proper now is not the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This baby made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

Marceno stated his team “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 Might 24 college shooting after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

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