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

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

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

It stated its local school threat enforcement staff 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 shooting," the sheriff's office said.

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

“This scholar’s conduct is sickening, especially after the latest tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement, noting that the menace came simply days after the deadly faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary College left 19 students and two lecturers lifeless.

“Right now shouldn't be the time to behave like a little delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This youngster made a faux menace, and now he’s experiencing actual penalties.”

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

The comment came as authorities in Uvalde face mounting criticism over their response to the May 24 faculty capturing after it got here 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 news editor for NBC Information Digital based mostly in London.