A fifth-grader in Florida has been arrested for threatening to shoot

A fifth-grader in Florida was arrested on Saturday for threatening to carry out a mass shooting by text message, police said.

The 10-year-old boy, a student at the Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral, was handcuffed and got into a police car on Saturday night for a written threat to carry out a mass shooting.

“This student’s behavior is disgusting, especially after the recent tragedy in Uwalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement. “Making sure our children are safe is paramount.

“This student’s behavior is disgusting, especially after the recent tragedy in Uwalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement. Lee County Sheriff’s Department A 10-year-old Patriot Elementary School student was taken to a police car on Saturday. Lee County Sheriff’s Department

The Sheriff’s Office’s School Threats Team was alerted to the alarming reports, and the Juvenile Criminal Investigation Department soon took over the case due to the child’s young age.

Marceno noted that police were in a hurry to investigate threats of mass shootings.

“We will have law and order in our schools! “My team did not hesitate for a second, not a second, to investigate this threat,” he said.

Officials who responded to a shooting at a school in Uwalde, Texas that killed 19 fourth-graders and two teachers, have responded to their delayed response. Police took nearly an hour to break into the classrooms where all the shootings took place and kill the shooter, Salvador Ramos.

5TH GRADE ARRESTED FOR MAKING A WRITTEN THREAT

“Right now is not the time to act like a petty criminal. This is not funny. This child made a false threat and is now experiencing real consequences, “said Sheriff Carmine Marceno.

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Detectives interviewed the Florida boy – whose name the Post did not disclose because he was a minor – and found a possible reason for his arrest, police said.

“Right now is not the time to act like a petty criminal. It’s not funny, “Marcheno said. “This child made a false threat and is now experiencing real consequences.”