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 text message threatening to hold out a mass taking pictures, authorities said.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it had discovered earlier that day of a "threatening text message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

It mentioned its local college threat enforcement workforce 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 said.

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

“This scholar’s habits is sickening, particularly after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a statement, noting that the threat came just days after the deadly college shooting at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two teachers dead.

“Proper now shouldn't be the time to behave like slightly delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This baby made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Could 24 college shooting after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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