Swatting incidents have occurred at Villanova and University of South Carolina in recent days. What is going on? What is ...

Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...

Police at the University of Colorado Boulder on Monday responded to what is now being investigated as a "potential swatting ...

In the past week, six false shooting calls have happened at college campuses, including the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and Villanova. A swatting call that sticks out in Jackson’s mind is a ...

Such false emergency calls are known as "swatting," or calling in a large law enforcement response to a non-existent crisis. On the same day, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was also ...

A prank 911 call led to a significant police response in a Rexburg neighborhood this afternoon. According to Rexburg Police, ...

Villanova University students and families were put on high alert as an active shooter warning ended up being a hoax, ...

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 ...

A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of "swatting" in which prank 911 calls are placed to ...

HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. (WLS) -- A SWAT team, Lake County Sheriff officers and Hawthorn Police were at a house in northwest suburban Hawthorn Woods Thursday morning after a prank caller called 911.

Demoted state police SWAT sergeant who fired gun as prank, drank while driving - rehired as patrol trooper Updated: Jul. 25, 2025, 10:00 a.m. | Published: Jul. 25 ...