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 carry out a mass shooting, authorities mentioned.

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

It said its native school risk enforcement staff was instantly notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in a press release, noting that the risk came simply days after the lethal faculty capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 college students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now isn't the time to act like just a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a fake menace, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

Marceno mentioned 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 faculty shooting after it got here to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of instantly moving in on the gunman.

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