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

A fifth grade scholar in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a text message threatening to carry out a mass taking pictures, authorities stated.

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

It stated its native faculty risk enforcement workforce was instantly notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written menace to conduct a mass capturing," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This student’s conduct is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned in an announcement, noting that the risk got here just days after the lethal school shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now shouldn't be the time to behave like somewhat delinquent. It’s not funny,” he mentioned. “This child made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The remark got here as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the Might 24 faculty taking pictures after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as an alternative of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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