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University of South Carolina Swatting Incident Highlights Growing Trend of False Active Shooter Reports
The University of South Carolina on Sunday was the victim of a swatting call that reported a false active shooter at Thomas Cooper Library. hoax, Villanova University, University of Tennessee at Chatt
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After Villanova’s ‘cruel hoax,’ it’s time to treat swatting like the public safety threat it is
Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...
An Ohio gamer upset about a $1.50 bet while playing Call of Duty: WWII online was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for recruiting a prankster to make a bogus emergency call that resulted in ...
Two out-of-state teens were arrested after making fake emergency calls to Polk County law enforcement in June 2025. FOX 35's Manny Martinez learned that the teens decided to make these calls due ...
A popular online gamer says he was shaken up after armed police stormed his home, believe to be prompted by a prank phone call, as he was live streaming to nearly 60,000 viewers. Joshua Peters, a ...
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Out-of-state teens extradited for ‘swatting’ calls in Florida - MSN
On June 4 at approximately 7:50 p.m., the PSCO received the first "swatting" call after the three minors had been playing online video games together.
In a deadly swatting incident, a 28-year-old was shot and killed by police in Kansas. It led to the arrest of a Los Angeles-area man, who had also called in a bomb threat on ABC7 in 2015.
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