Crime & Safety
Shooting Death Reported In Suwanee Was A Hoax: Police
Authorities are trying to find out who called 911, sending a Gwinnett SWAT team to a house in the Village Grove subdivision.
SUWANEE, GA — Authorities want to know who called 911 to report a shooting death in Suwanee that turned out to be a hoax.
According to multiple media outlets, Suwanee police received a call Tuesday morning reporting one person dead and an armed gunman waiting at a home in the Village Grove subdivision.
But when the Gwinnett County Swat team responded, they found that the occupants of the house had no idea what was going on.
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The incident is believed to be a “swatting” call, where a prank phone caller sends armed police to a victim’s address, hoping to cause a mistaken confrontation.
Nobody was reported injured. Gwinnett Police are investigating.
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