{"id":44680,"date":"2014-08-28T18:55:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/so-the-lock-in-at-kays-school-was-a-swatting-hoax.html"},"modified":"2014-08-28T18:55:49","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:55:49","slug":"so-the-lock-in-at-kays-school-was-a-swatting-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/so-the-lock-in-at-kays-school-was-a-swatting-hoax.html","title":{"rendered":"So the lock-in at Kay's school was a "swatting" hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Wednesday, my daughter's school went on "lock-in" because of a police incident a few miles away (https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/alarums-and-confusions-and-the-chirping-of-crickets.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Turns out that this<\/i> was the incident: \u00a0some yahoo called Littleton PD, claiming to shot a couple of co-workers, holding the rest hostage. SWAT came in (in a very appropriate<\/i> use of SWAT) to investigate, while nearby schools were locked in.<\/p>\n

And it turns out the yahoo who made the call was doing it to harass a fellow Counter-Strike<\/i> gamer (more details at\u00a0http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2014\/08\/28\/false-report-brings-swat-raid-on-gamer\/<\/a>) through a tactic called "swatting" — calling in just this kind of shooting to the police, which may be oodles of fun for the yahoo in question, but not only inconvenienced (to say the least) a lot of other people, but could have ended in tragedy if the cops had been a bit more trigger-happy or if they'd more clearly heard sounds from the FPS game.<\/p>\n

So this would be just a crazy story, except that it actually affected me and my family — which just makes it crazier.<\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>, though he didn't know the connection)\ufeff<\/div>\n

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Gamer’s video shows SWAT bursting into office while Littleton Police investigate report of shooting<\/a>
\n Aspen Academy has sent an alert to parents warning them about an active shooter a few miles from the school. \n <\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, my daughter's school went on "lock-in" because of a police incident a few miles away (https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/alarums-and-confusions-and-the-chirping-of-crickets.html). Turns out that this was the incident: \u00a0some yahoo called Littleton PD, claiming to shot a couple of co-workers, holding the rest hostage. 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