Several people, including a minor from North Carolina, have been accused of a conspiracy coordinated on the dark web to call in false emergencies. ALSO READ: Grandmother rattled after swatting call There isn’t much information available about the minor from North Carolina, but we do know the FBI field office in Charlotte helped in the […]
A 25-year-old Wichita man who was recently released from prison after serving a sentence for his involvement in the 2017 fatal swatting call that claimed the life of Andrew Finch is in more trouble after he was arrested for reportedly doing donuts in Old Town early Sunday morning. Shane Michael Gaskill, who was released from […]
Newberry Township Police responded to what turned to out to be a “swatting” incident at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Walmart store at 50 Newberry Parkway, according to a news release. Police said they received a call from “a person reporting they shot someone, took another person hostage and placed bombs around the […]
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – An Abilene resident was shocked to find a heavy police presence outside of her home on Wednesday afternoon, equipped with shields and rifles. It was soon revealed that she and her family had fallen victim to ‘swatting,’ after an unknown individual called 911 and made a false report. Police surround south […]
(FOX40.COM) — A 15-year-old was recently arrested on Tuesday after police say he made false claims of a person having a gun at Vanden High School and caused the campus to go on lockdown for hours. On Feb. 2, Vanden High School and two neighboring schools were placed on a precautionary lockdown following a call […]
A California teen is suspected of being behind hundreds of dangerous swatting incidents, Florida prosecutors say. Alan Winston Filion, 17, is accused of calling police in Seminole County, Florida, on May 12, 2023, and making a fake mass shooting threat on a local mosque. The male caller referenced Satanism, added audio of gunfire in the […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who is seeking the Republican nomination for president, was the target of two swatting incidents in recent weeks at her home in South Carolina. The two incidents, which occurred within days of each other, prompted local law enforcement to respond to Haley’s residence on Kiawah Island. She was not at […]
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Two days after a man called in a fake emergency at the South Carolina home of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, she was targeted by a second “swatting” attempt, this time by someone who said Haley had killed her daughter, according to an incident report seen by Reuters. A deputy […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Sunday revealed new details of the recent swatting incident that occurred at her home in South Carolina. During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Haley said that while she was not home when the incident occurred, her parents, ages 87 and 90, along with their caregiver were in […]
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was targeted in a swatting incident last month, according to media reports Saturday. Authorities responded to a false emergency call on Dec. 30 after a man claimed to have shot a woman and threatened to harm himself at Haley’s home in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, records obtained by Reuters showed. […]
By Alexandra Ulmer, Peter Eisler and Linda So (Reuters) – Authorities responded to a fake emergency at the South Carolina home of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley last month after a man claimed to have shot a woman and threatened to harm himself at her home, according to town records obtained by Reuters. The previously […]
The White House on Monday became the latest victim of a growing US problem of “swatting”: the summoning of large numbers of law enforcement personnel and other first responders to a hoax emergency incident. Multiple Washington DC fire and ambulance crews rushed to the White House following an emergency call that was received at 7.03am, […]