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 textual content message threatening to carry out a mass shooting, authorities said.

In a statement Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace said it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening text message" sent by a student at an elementary college.

It mentioned its local college 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 could be seen being led into a police vehicle.

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

“Right now is just not the time to act like a little bit delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This little one made a pretend risk, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The comment got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 college taking pictures after it came to gentle that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately moving in on the gunman.

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