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Austin Metcalf was stabbed and killed at a high school track meet on April 2. The family of the murder suspect, 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, held a news conference earlier in the day on Thursday.
Read More →Social media influencer Gunther Eagleman, radio show host Joe Pagliarulo, and Infowars' Chase Geiser are among those who have said they were targeted in recent days.
Read More →An unidentified caller to the Claremont Police Department around 4:45 p.m. Thursday said they were inside a restroom on campus holding a victim as a hostage and threatening to harm them, police said.
Read More →"The one thing I want this suspect to know is this is the wrong county to do those things in," Sheriff Shannon Dicus said. "…we don't play. If there is evidence and we can find you, you better watch your door because we're going to be kicking it."
Read More →Alan W. Filion, 16 at the time most of the calls were placed, sought to trigger a large-scale law enforcement and emergency response to the locations, prosecutors said.
Read More →Melina Abdullah condemned the Los Angeles Police Department responses to her residence, which included armed SWAT officers surrounding her house and ordering her to come outside through a loudspeaker.
Read More →The swatting call was spurred by a feud between two online gamers over a video game, Shane Gaskill of Wichita and Ohio gamer Casey Viner. Finch was not involved in the feud.
Read More →Threats of shootings on school campuses were reported Thursday in multiple North Carolina counties, including Wake, Durham, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Alamance, Forsyth and Cumberland.
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Emergency communications centers are under siege from stupid callers, malicious pranksters, and technological errors.
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Multiple motivations have been posited for the false calls. Some may be pranks. Some may be kids hoping to disrupt their schools. Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman raised concerns that the swatting could be testing law enforcement responses to find weaknesses.
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