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 carry out a mass capturing, authorities said.

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

It mentioned its local college risk enforcement staff was immediately notified and started investigating. The ten-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's office mentioned.

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

“This pupil’s behavior is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the threat got here simply days after the lethal college taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two lecturers useless.

“Right now isn't the time to behave like just a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a pretend risk, and now he’s experiencing real consequences.”

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

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 school capturing after it got here to mild 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 News Digital based in London.