A 10-year-old fifth-grade student in Florida who threatened a mass shooting in a text message was arrested on Saturday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.
The threat comes less than a week after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 students and two teachers on Tuesday by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
The 10-year-old Florida student was charged with making written threats of a mass shooting, according to investigators.
“This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a news release. “Making sure our children are safe is paramount. We will have law and order in our schools. My team didn’t hesitate one second to investigate this threat.”
