In the past week, six false shooting calls have happened at college campuses, including the University of Tennessee ...

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 ...

Kansas State University was the target of a hoax emergency call Monday. Michelle Geering told 27 News that K-State was ...

The death of 28-year-old Andrew Finch in Wichita, Kansas, drew national attention to "swatting," a form of retaliation in which someone reports a false emergency to get authorities, particularly a ...

A large police response in a Rexburg neighborhood Friday turned out to be a hoax. A news release from the Rexburg Police ...

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In 1993, Boyd and three other men were stiffed in a drug deal. They picked up the victim in Anniston, took him to Munford, ...

DDG was hauled off in cuffs at a desert paintball tournament after a swatting prank triggered a full-blown police response, turning a $25,000 competition into a viral spectacle.

Students at Villanova University received the alert about 4:30pm Thursday: "ACTIVE SHOOTER on VU campus. Move to secure ...