DULUTH, MN (Northern News Now) – The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office says it has received multiple reports of “swatting” at several schools across the region Tuesday, but they say they are not dealing with any active threats of violence at this time.
According to the St Louis County Sheriff’s Office, their 911 Division received several calls during the noon hour in reference to school shootings.
These calls were determined by police to be false in what has become known as “swatting”.
“Swatting” is when someone makes a prank call to emergency services in an attempt draw a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.
According to St. Louis County Sheriff’s spokespeople, the “swatting” calls were directed to some media outlets and police departments across the area, including beyond St. Louis County.
Sheriff’s office spokespeople say they received reports from the Ely School District, Eveleth, and Duluth Denfeld.
Though some of the calls have a 218 area code, they appear to have originated from outside of the area.
(from Northern News Now)
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