Disneyland Swatting Hoax Triggers Large Law Enforcement Presence
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TMS-5966
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ktla.com
Author:
Josh Dubose
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A heavy presence of police officers responded to Disneyland after reportedly receiving calls of a mass shooting at the beloved theme park Wednesday night.
Details are limited and it’s unclear exactly what time police responded to the park, but footage of the scene obtained by KTLA showed at least a dozen Anaheim Police Department patrol cruisers staged on Disneyland grounds.
Anaheim PD Sgt. Matt Sutter told KTLA that investigators believed the incident was a “swatting,” a criminal hoax where a caller reports a false emergency, often claiming there’s an active shooter or a bomb threat, prompting a response from a police department’s SWAT Teams, but that police were clearing the scene out of an abundance of caution.
Despite reports of a mass shooting and the large law enforcement presence, the park was not evacuated, Sutter said.
The alleged “swatting” at Disneyland comes just hours after a mall in L.A. County was placed on lockdown after a person called police claiming to be armed and was making specific threats against a patron inside the shopping center.
While police have yet to confirm who the threats targeted, two well-known social media personalities were in the middle of a live stream in a shoe store that officers in tactical gear targeted.
So far, no injuries or arrests have been reported in connection with the Disneyland incident.
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