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At least 28 Mass. schools targeted with hoax shooting calls

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More than two dozen Massachusetts schools were targeted by hoax calls reporting school shootings Tuesday, just a day after six people died in a school shooting in Nashville.
There are no reports of injuries from the Massachusetts schools.
NBC10 Boston reported that Massachusetts State Police said they were notified of 28 schools across the state that were targeted by hoax calls, otherwise known as “swatting” calls, Tuesday.
WCVB reported that Westwood High School and schools in Stoughton, Bellingham, and Taunton were also targeted. MassLive reported that North High School in Worcester, Central High School in Springfield, and a school in Palmer were among the schools targeted by swatting calls. It’s unclear which other schools were targeted Tuesday.
Mansfield High School appears to be one of the first schools targeted. Mansfield police said they received a call reporting a shooting at the school at 8:43 a.m. As they were aware that other Massachusetts schools had previously been targeted by swatting calls, they had a plan in place for such an event, and were able to quickly sweep the school as well as the town’s private schools.
Less than 10 minutes later, around 8:50 a.m., Foxborough police received a hoax call reporting a threat at the high school. Police said the school went into lockdown as police swept the school and all schools in the town, but the schools were able to resume normal activities once police cleared the buildings.
Franklin police said they received a hoax call reporting a hostage situation involving a shooter at Franklin High School soon after, at 9:02 a.

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