swatting

Authorities responded to the call of a bomb threat at Saddleback medical center for the second time in a week. As seen on air on Jan. 1, 2022.

A teenage gamer in Virginia is said to be involved in the recent spate of bomb threats at colleges and universities in the tri-state area, sources familiar with the investigation told NBC New York.

Three teens are behind swatting incidents at the Mid-City residence of a leading Black Lives Matter Los Angeles activist and nearly three dozen other bomb threats and swatting cases across the county, the Los Angeles Police Department says.

A man recalls a chilling encounter with SWAT after someone anonymous called in a hoax emergency call. Kathy Vara reports Sept. 18, 2020.

Leaders of a neo-Nazi group have been arrested and charged in a pair of federal investigations with conspiring to harass journalists, churches and a former Cabinet official with phony bomb threats and other forms of intimidation

The sudden arrival of unneeded law enforcement officers can be defused quickly, but at worst, it can result in injury or death.

Anyone with a grudge and someone’s address can make a ‘swatting’ call, but what was once a niche prank played by gamers has become a favored means of terrorizing famous, controversial and vulnerable people, NBC News reports. It has also become more organized in recent years, with online forums and chat rooms dedicated to targeted attacks on individuals, including...

A Chatsworth man is speaking out after he was the target of a terrifying swatting call. Robert Kovacik reports for Today in LA on Friday, June 1, 2018.

Federal prosecutors indicted Wednesday two online gamers and the California man accused of making the hoax calls that led a police officer to fatally shoot an unarmed man in Kansas.

The man suspected of placing the “swatting” call that ended with an innocent man killed by police is set to be extradited from Los Angeles to Kansas. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018.

Details on the 25-year-old man responsible for the death of an innocent Kansas man following a phony call to 911 have emerged and show that he has made over two dozen false reports. Adrian Arambulo reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.

The family of a Kansas man fatally shot at the door of his home after a hoax emergency call wants the police officer who killed him criminally charged for his death, their attorney said Tuesday.

Authorities believe a Los Angeles man who was arrested in connection with a deadly swatting incident may be connected to as many as 20 swatting incidents across Southern California. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 6 on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.

The LAPD has arrested a man they suspect made a hoax emergency call that resulted in a SWAT police officer fatally shooting a man at the door of his own home in Kansas. Rick Montanez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017.

A Los Angeles man was arrested on a fugitive warrant involving a “swatting” prank that killed a man after police believed he was armed.

The Riverside, California, home of a teen behind the “Damn, Daniel” viral video was the target of an early morning “swatting” hoax, police say.

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