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

A fifth grade pupil in Florida was arrested over the weekend and charged with sending a textual content message threatening to hold out a mass shooting, authorities said.

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

It stated its native school risk enforcement staff was immediately notified and started investigating. The 10-year-old boy was interviewed and charged later with "making a written risk to conduct a mass taking pictures," the sheriff's workplace mentioned.

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

“This student’s habits is sickening, particularly after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in an announcement, noting that the threat got here simply days after the lethal college taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Proper now shouldn't be the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he stated. “This baby made a fake risk, and now he’s experiencing real penalties.”

Marceno stated his group “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 Might 24 college taking pictures after it came to mild that they waited roughly an hour for backup as a substitute of instantly shifting in on the gunman.

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