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 mentioned.

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

It said its native college threat enforcement team was immediately notified and started 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 office mentioned.

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the threat got here simply days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two teachers dead.

“Proper now shouldn't be the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This youngster made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

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

The remark came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 school shooting after it got here to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of immediately shifting in on the gunman.

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