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Tag: Swatting
Special Units
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.
April 18, 2025
Investigations
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.
February 14, 2025
Point of Law
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.
May 24, 2024
Point of Law
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.
March 15, 2023
Patrol
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.
December 1, 2022
Technology
Editorial: 911 Abuse is Not a Laughing Matter
Emergency communications centers are under siege from stupid callers, malicious pranksters, and technological errors.
December 1, 2022
Patrol
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.
October 17, 2022
Special Units
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.
October 7, 2022
Special Units
GA Teen Arrested for Swatting Calls in 4 States
Police suspect that the boy is also responsible for similar swatting calls in Windsor Lock, Connecticut; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Tampa, Florida, the release said. SWAT teams responded to two of the calls and “made forced entry” into the homes, the release said.
May 9, 2022
Patrol
Alleged Texas White Supremacist Arrested Over Swatting Calls Against Virginia Targets
John Cameron Denton, 26, was charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and interstate threats to injure after he and several other co-conspirators planned multiple “swatting” calls from November 2018 to April 2019, the Department of Justice said.
February 26, 2020
Patrol
California Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatal "Swatting" 911 Call
A California man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for placing a 911 call to a Kansas police department that ultimately led to the death of 28-year-old Andrew Finch in December 2017.
April 1, 2019
Special Units
Video: Swatting Hoax Brings Police Response to South Carolina Reserve Officer's Home
McCord's home surveillance cameras captured scenes of officers surrounding the house and McCord's brother-in-law walking out of the home with his hands up as officers shout commands. McCord also surrendered in compliance with officers' commands.
February 13, 2019
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