Authorities in Florida have arrested and charged a 10-year-old student on May 28 after the boy sent a text message threatening to carry out a mass shooting, police said.
The fifth-grade pupil at Patriot Elementary School in Cape Coral has been charged with making a written threat to conduct a mass shooting, Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Carmine Marceno, the sheriff of Lee County, stated that the “student’s behavior is sickening” and deputies responded quickly to investigate the threat.
Police arrest a 10-year-old in Cape Coral, Florida. (Courtesy Lee County Sheriff’s Department)
“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not funny. This child made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences,” Marceno said….