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 text message threatening to carry out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office mentioned it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a scholar at an elementary college.

It stated its native school threat enforcement staff was immediately notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace stated.

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

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the menace got here simply days after the lethal faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two academics lifeless.

“Right now isn't the time to act like just a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he said. “This little one made a faux threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

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

The comment came 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 as a substitute of instantly transferring in on the gunman.

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