Emergency call was case of “swatting”

new at six… a call of a man with an assault rifle at a colorado springs park. and it was all a hoax. krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller is live tonight at monument valley park. you can thank swatting. oftentimes someone uses a free app to make an anonymous phone call to law enforcement. that’s what they say happened here though you can imagine the fear this park is next to homes… right by downtown. we’ve seen this before, a home in black forest last year and those simultaneous school bomb threats two months ago. a huge drain on resources for obvious reasons, in the past sheriff’s office has said they have forensic technology to use to track these people down.. that it is fairly successful, as they try to curb this new issue. live in cs, gm nc 13. in your voice, your