San Diego police say their agency has been the target of a rash of fake 911 calls known as “swatting” attempts, including at least three this month alone.
Nine days later, police were called to Mustang Ridge Drive, in Carmel Valley after it was reported a man shot his wife inside their home.
“It’s not just that it pulls police resources away from the community it also terrorizes a family that may have no involvement in anything," Lt. Sharki said. “You come into a shots-fired situation. I would expect them to have their guns drawn and cuff somebody at that location,“ said Keven Herold, who was a neighbor of the home targeted by the swatting attemp.
“If you’re not expecting it and you make a wrong move, pull your hands out of your pockets too fast, things like that, I can imagine how that would go the wrong way. So, it’s scary,“ Herold said.“They are not free to handle other emergencies, some of them life-threatening in that neighborhood,” Lt. Sharki said.
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