Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, police say

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to hold out a mass capturing, authorities stated.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace said it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a student at an elementary school.

It mentioned its native school threat enforcement workforce was instantly notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This pupil’s conduct is sickening, particularly after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the threat came just days after the lethal school capturing at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two academics useless.

“Right now is not the time to act like somewhat delinquent. It’s not funny,” he stated. “This child made a pretend threat, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

Marceno stated his workforce “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 college taking pictures after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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