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 hold out a mass shooting, authorities said.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated it had learned earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" sent by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

It mentioned its local faculty risk enforcement team was immediately notified and began investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This pupil’s habits is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the threat came just days after the deadly school capturing at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two lecturers dead.

“Right now is just not the time to act like a bit of delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This little one made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

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

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

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