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Hogg was not home at time of incidentBy Jeff Tavss - Executive Producer Posted: 9:41 AM, June 05, 2018 Updated: 9:59 AM, June 05, 2018
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The family of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg was "swatted" Tuesday morning, causing police to respond to their Parkland home.
A call came into the Broward Sheriff's Office claiming a hostage situation at the home.
Coral Springs Fire Rescue arrived at the scene to find there was no hostage situation and the call was a prank.
Hogg was not home at the time of the incident and is currently in Washington, DC with his mother to accept the RFK Human Rights award.
Sky 10 was over the home as units were staged outside as a precaution. BSO responded with multiple crews and a police helicopter.
https://www.local10.com/news/family-of-stoneman-douglas-advocate-david-hogg-swatted-at-home
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Disgusting!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Think that can't happen? Read on...
Shooting death in video game leads to a real one in Kansas
By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN Updated 7:24 PM ET, Tue January 30, 2018
(CNN) A virtual shooting death in an online video game led to the real-life shooting death of a Kansas man in December, according to court documents.
Tyler Barriss, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this month for his alleged role in a "swatting" incident that ended with Wichita Police fatally shooting 28-year-old Andrew Finch at his front door.
Barriss, who lives in Los Angeles, admitted to placing a prank call reporting a hostage situation at Finch's address, according to a police affidavit. Barriss told police he made call at the request of a gamer who was upset at a teammate for accidentally killing him in a video game. Finch was not involved in the online dispute, and his family said he did not play video games.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/us/kansas-swatting-death-affidavit/index.html
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)People can get killed by swatting as I'm sure was the intent of the criminal that did this.
Initech
(100,079 posts)This is absolutely scary and I agree, I hope they catch these bastards, but there may be more than one sick asshole in on it.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)The creeps are out there and I would guess quite a few of them are extremists. Trump will keep them riled up at rallies.
Hopefully, the "children" will teach us and turn the 2018 election around. God knows the adults can't do it.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)But Trump's brownshirts will be constantly stirred up by Fox "news", hate radio and Shitler himself so who knows.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)I hope they catch the asshole who did this
Initech
(100,079 posts)I really fear for that kids' safety.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)This was not just some mindless prank.
This was a political assassination attempt against not only David Hogg but his entire family!!
I blame the !@#$% GOP NRA for this shit!!!
Initech
(100,079 posts)Like I said there's some absolutely sick and twisted shit being posted by the NRAholes on it every time he tweets. He really set them off and I really hope that people are paying attention to what's really going on.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)But I can imagine the hate he gets from NRA gunhumpers though.
I'm sure it's terrible.
Initech
(100,079 posts)There's something about David Hogg and the Parkland students that really sets off the NRAholes. I'm sure Alex Jones had something to do with it. I hope these kids can sue him for slander.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)They are child survivors of a gun massacre who will not shut up and die so the NRA's gun manufacturers can make more profits on the dead bodies of school children in America!
The NRA can't demonize them to the general public.
So they view them as a threat and now David Hogg and his family get swatted.
In reality this was a political assassination attempt by the gunhumpers.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)These NRA people are crazy and appalling.
Iggo
(47,558 posts):middlefinger: :middlefinger: