hits close to home for some local college students after a threat of an active shooter at Lehigh University Sunday night as students were on campus studying for finals. It turned out to be a hoax ...
Unfounded reports of an active shooter that rattled Lehigh University ... “Swatting” is a term used for hoax reports that are meant to draw a heavy police response, including the tactical ...
Lehigh University says a report of an active shooter on its campus in Bethlehem late Sunday was a hoax. The university tweeted a warning the community at 9:49 p.m. Sunday. “Report of an active ...
Reports of an active shooter at the Ontario Mills Mall on Monday ... According to the FBI, a hoax threat can result in federal charges and as much as five years in prison, in addition to any ...
PUBLIC. SANTA FE POLICE CHARGING TWO STUDENTS FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER HOAX IN APRIL. ON APRIL 21ST, OFFICERS WENT TO NUMEROUS SCHOOLS IN RESPONSE TO A THREAT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. THROUGHOUT THE DAY ...
It started with a hoax active shooting call to local police ... officials said, not an active shooter. Still, the reports of gunfire "elevated the situation from a normal swatting response ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - An active shooter report at Lehigh University brought many police officers to campus late Sunday night. The report, which was deemed to be a hoax threat made by someone outside of ...
ROTTERDAM – Several Capital Region school districts reacted Thursday to reports of active shooter incidents that ... information about a “False Hoax Phone Call.” “Today (March 30 ...
Deputies determined reports of an active shooter at USF's Sarasota-Manatee campus was a hoax, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said. (Shutterstock) SARASOTA, FL — Deputies determined that an ...
After police swarmed St. John’s Prep in Danvers on Monday for a report of an active shooter on campus, Massachusetts State Police did not find any gunman and confirmed that it was a hoax. While ...
An officer responding to a hoax active shooter call at a Massachusetts prep school inadvertently made the situation worse by ...
SWATTING CALLS A 'CRUEL HOAX': Schools across US hit with dozens of false shooting, bomb threats "Swatting" calls attempt to deliberately draw a large police or SWAT team response with a fake report ...
