The family home of plainspoken Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was the target of a “ swatting ” hoax this first light when a caller-up falsely claim the address was the site of a surety berth .
Emergency services responded to the call and find there was no hostage position , a local ABC affiliatereports . Several sheriff ’s office units and a police helicopter were also reportedly broadcast to the scene . Hogg was in Washington , DC at the time to take on the RFK Human Rights award .
list for the SWAT teams or like emergency units that respond to such bogus tips , swattings have become a mainstay of on-line feud . Placing such a call can expect afelonycharge for the caller-out , and for object , these incidents have beendeadlyin the yesteryear .
[ ABC10 ]
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