Florida fifth grader arrested, charged with threatening a mass shooting, 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 taking pictures, authorities mentioned.

In a press release Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it had realized earlier that day of a "threatening textual content message" despatched by a pupil at an elementary faculty.

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

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

“This pupil’s conduct is sickening, especially after the current tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated in a press release, noting that the menace got here just days after the lethal college capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty left 19 college students and two teachers useless.

“Right now will not be the time to act like a bit delinquent. It’s not humorous,” he mentioned. “This child made a faux risk, and now he’s experiencing actual consequences.”

Marceno stated his staff “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 faculty capturing after it came to light that they waited roughly an hour for backup instead of immediately transferring in on the gunman.

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