Fake 911 call about active shooter leads to lockdown at Valley View ...
WEBMar 29, 2023 · A fake 911 call about an active shooter situation sent schools in the Valley View School District into lockdown Wednesday, one of several districts across Pennsylvania victimized by...
Those fake active shooter calls to schools? A similar thing ... - NPR
WEBOct 24, 2022 · Police officers respond to a call that an active shooter had reportedly injured 24 students at Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, in September. The call turned out to be a hoax....
Active shooter calls send panic across Western Pa. before deemed a hoax ...
WEBMar 29, 2023 · Panic, confusion and then relief spread across the region Wednesday morning after two Pittsburgh Catholic schools received what investigators deemed were hoax active shooter threats that...
What to know about ‘swatting’ after hoax active shooter calls …
WEBMar 29, 2023 · Hoax active shooter calls sent parents racing to schools as students wondered if it was 'the real deal'. The Anti-Defamation League reports that swatting is on the rise, as authorities...
How ‘swatting’ calls spread as schools face real threats
WEBMar 30, 2023 · Published 2:46 PM PDT, March 30, 2023. A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders. Schools in Pennsylvania and Utah were the latest targeted by so-called swatting.
Schools across the country are being targeted with hoax calls ... - NPR
WEBOct 8, 2022 · SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over the last three weeks, schools across the U.S. have been targeted by a new wave of hoax calls. Somebody calls the school or local dispatch to say an active shooter is...
Hoax active shooter calls prompt heavy police response at …
WEBMar 30, 2023 · Pittsburgh police gave an update regarding the fake active shooter threats made at both Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic high schools. The call came in at 10:18 a.m. for an active shooter with multiple injuries at Central Catholic. Within a minute, they got another call that there was no shooter, but they responded as a precaution.
False calls about active school shooters are rising. They follow ... - NPR
WEBOctober 7, 20229:49 AM ET. Odette Yousef. In response to a false call about an active shooter, police and emergency workers descended on Robert Anderson Middle School in Anderson, South...
Police respond to hoax threats at multiple Pa. schools
WEBMar 29, 2023 · ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- There was a significant law enforcement presence at multiple schools in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Wednesday as police responded to hoax threats made against the...
Hoax active-shooter calls to Pa. schools draw police and ... - PennLive
WEBPublished: Mar. 29, 2023, 12:03 p.m. By. J.D. Prose | jdprose@pennlive.com. An apparent computer-generated call about active shooters at multiple Pennsylvania high schools caused mass confusion...
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