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NewsApril 18, 2025

Murder Victim’s Family Targeted by Swatting Call

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.

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NewsMarch 14, 2025

Conservative Figures and Trump Allies Targeted by Swatting Calls

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.

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NewsMarch 14, 2025

Southern California College Locked Down by Hoax Call About Shooter on Campus

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.

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NewsMarch 14, 2025

Swatting Call Locks Down Major California Hospital

"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."

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NewsFebruary 14, 2025

California Teen Sentenced to 4 Years for Swatting Calls

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.

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NewsMay 24, 2024

BLM Activist Loses Lawsuit Against LAPD Over Swatting Call

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.

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NewsMarch 15, 2023

Wichita to Pay $5M Over Swatting Death

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2022

NC Agencies Respond to Statewide Hoax School Shooting Calls

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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Inside the Badge by David GriffithOctober 17, 2022

Police Nationwide Besieged by False School Shooting Calls

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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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 7, 2022

Couple “Swatted” 6 Times in 2 Years Over Tweet About Comedian

"Back in September of 2018, I tweeted I never personally found Norm MacDonald to be funny," Tomlinson said. After the tweet, strangers on the internet who opposed his opinions began to harass him.

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