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For the second time in two days, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has reported she was the target of a « SWATTING » attack.
That’s when someone calls police and reports violence, often extreme violence, being done at an address of another person, often a political enemy.
The threats are serious, as police special tactics teams often arrive at the scene, armed, expecting gunfire resistance. Innocent people and officers both have been injured in such situations.
The Business Insider reported Greene, just a day after reporting an early morning Wednesday attack, said there was another.
« Swatted again last night, » she said on social media.
Fox 5 Atlanta reporter Claire Simms note the Rome Police Department confirmed officers responded to a call at Greene’s home shortly before 3 a.m. on Thursday, saying that the call was « received on what appeared to be a suicide crisis line. »
Police said the investigation was ongoing.
A report on MSN said two officers responded at 2:53 a.m. about « a male possibly shooting his family members and then himself. »
The report said the suspect called « through an internet chat that appeared to be a suicide crisis line. »
The caller reportedly said, « If anyone tried to stop me from shooting myself, I will shoot them.
