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SWAT Coverage

Luke Reynolds and his family were victims of swatting on Sunday. Swatting is a prank call intended to provoke law enforcement.

>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. THIS IS WRAL. >> DID YOUR BOW TIE MIGHT BE THAT? >> IMAGINE SEEING THIS OUTSIDE YOUR FRONT DOOR, A TEAM OF ARMED POLICE OFFICERS SWARMING YOUR HOME AND LINING THE STREET. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT HIS OWN BELIEVE ONE. DAN HAGGERTY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO RIGHT NOW FROM THE WAKE FOREST FAMILY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE RING CAMERA FOOTAGE. WE HAVE ALSO THE PEOPLE HAVE THIS VIEW FROM THEIR HOUSE. >> THIS IS AFTER ALL A HOAX CALL THAT SENT SWAT TO HOME ON SUNDAY WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK SPOKE WITH A FAMILY WHO NOW HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS. >> WHEN LUKE REYNOLDS LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW TO HIS HOME HERE IN WAKE FOREST ON SUNDAY NIGHT, HE SAW A STREAM OF RED AND BLUE LIGHTS FOR MORE THAN A DOZEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES. NOW HE STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHO CAUSED THE PANIC THAT'S LEFT HIS FAMILY DISTRESSED DAYS LATER. >> WHY POOR SLEEP AND NOT COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP. REMEMBER SOUND. NO FAMILY WANTS TO HEAR OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AT ALL. AND I WAS LIKE IMMEDIATELY TERRIFIED REYNOLDS AND HIS FAMILY WERE ALREADY SAFELY OUTSIDE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING. BUT LEADING UP TO THIS, YOU GOT A TERRIFYING CALL FROM POLICE AND I SAID YOU NEED TO COME TO YOUR FRONT DOOR >> THERE'S THERE'S A SUSPECT MAY BE IN YOUR HOUSE AND SHOTS FIRED WAS LATER FOUND OUT. THIS WAS A CASE OF SWATTING. A PRANK CALL INTENDED TO GET A REACTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO THE HOME AFTER RECEIVING A 9-1-1 CALL DESCRIBING A SERIES OF MURDERS AT THE HOME. WE TAKE THOSE CALLS VERY SERIOUSLY THAT WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT IT'S A PRANK AT THE TIME IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S ONLY AFTER WE GET THERE AND BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE THAT WE REALIZE POLICE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN AN UPTICK IN CALLS LIKE THIS AND THEY ARE COSTLY. BUT IT ALSO BRINGS RESOURCES AND ATTENTION AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT. NOT TO MENTION THE EMOTIONAL TOLL IT TAKES ON A FAMILY. PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN KILLED IN SWAT INCIDENTS. >> AND SO IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS THING THAT IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHY SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO DO A PRANK LIKE THIS SERIOUS. NOW, POLICE ARE STILL WORKING TO TRACK DOWN THE PERSON OR PEOPLE WHO DID THIS AND THEY WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE ANYONE WHO DOES SOMETHING LIKE

Wake Forest family in distress days after swatting incident at their home

Luke Reynolds and his family were victims of swatting, a prank call intended to provoke law enforcement.

Wake Forest family terrified after swatting incident sends dozens of law enforcement officers to their home

On Easter Sunday, Luke Reynolds looked outside his Wake Forest house to see more than a dozen emergency vehicles and law enforcement swarming his property. Soon after, he found out he had been a victim of swatting.

According to Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields, deputies received a false report of multiple people being shot at a home in Vass. Responding officers evaluated the circumstances and found no shooting had occurred before a SWAT team was deployed.

Minnesota man arrested for 2022 Vass 'swatting' attempt

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A Cary man accused of threatening to shoot children was arrested twice in 24 hours. Kevin Douglas called WRAL's newsroom on Thursday right before his second arrest.


<p>COM, KELSEY COFFEE, WRAL NEWS IN RALEIGH. &gt;&gt; HIS SISTER BEEN FROM OVERNIGHT. A POTENTIAL MASS SHOOTING WITH CHILDREN AS THE TARGET RIGHT HERE IN OUR AREA WAS STOPPED BEFORE ANYONE WAS HURT. CARY POLICE ARRESTED A MAN WHO THEY SAY MADE THE THREAT. WRAL'S. BRETT KNESE JOINS US LIVE IN CARY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH HOW THEY MADE THAT ARREST ARREST. &gt;&gt; AND JEN, GOOD MORNING WITH THE MAN THAT THEY ARRESTED IS OUT ON BOND THIS MORNING. BUT 46 YEAR-OLD KEVIN DOUGLAS IS THE ONE THEY ARRESTED YESTERDAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IS WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. POLICE TELL US THAT THEY ARE CHARGING HIM WITH CYBERSTALKING IN COMMUNICATING THREATS. THIS ALL COMES AFTER A TIP FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN ABOUT SOMEONE THREATENING TO BECOME AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AGAINST CHILDREN. KERRY INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT TIP WAS CREDIBLE. THAT'S WHEN THEY MADE THAT ARREST. THEY ARRESTED DOUGLAS EXTENDED STAY OFF OF WESTON PARKWAY. AND THAT IS WHENEVER THEY BROUGHT THOSE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STORY</p>

Cary man accused of threatening to shoot children arrested twice in 24 hours

Kevin Douglas is facing charges related to cyberstalking and communicating threats, Cary police said. Photo courtesy of the Cary Police Department.

A member of the Robeson County Sheriff's Office SWAT team was shot Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said.

Member of Robeson SWAT team shot outside Pembroke, suspects arrested and charged

A member of the Robeson County Sheriff's Office SWAT team was shot Thursday afternoon

A terrifying phone call last week sent emergency crews scrambling in Fayetteville.

'It could have gotten us killed': Fayetteville police response to hoax call was just the first surprise for family

Fayetteville resident Steve McLeod explained the fear he felt as a victim of a swatting case. Swatting is when someone makes a false call to an address in hopes the police SWAT team responds. 

At least a half dozen North Carolina schools investigated reports of a shooter on campus Thursday morning. No real threat was ever found.

COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL STICK AROUND FOR US. >> FIRST, THOUGH, NEW AT NOON THERE'S BEEN A STRING OF HOAX 9-1-1, CALLS ALL ACROSS THE STATE FALSELY CLAIMING THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS AND LOCAL SCHOOLS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M JEFF HOGAN AND I'M RENEE CHOU. THE CALLS PROMPTED PANIC AMONG PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND FOR SCHOOLS INTO LOCKDOWNS. >> THIS IS VIDEO OF SOME OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AT HILLSIDE HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING. WRAL'S DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER IS LIVE WITH A LOOK AT THIS TROUBLING TREND. SARAH. WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT MORE OF THESE FALSE REPORTS HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE STATE RIGHT NOW, LOCALLY IN OUR VIEWING AREA. WE KNOW OF AT LEAST 3 OF THEM ONE AT LEESVILLE MIDDLE IN RALEIGH, ONE AT JACK BRITT HIGH SCHOOL IN FAYETTEVILLE. AND THEN ANOTHER RIGHT HERE AT HILLSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN DURHAM. I HAPPENED TO BE NEARBY. SO I WAS HERE WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF HEARING THE POLICE CHEDDAR ON THE SCANNER. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT THAT TIME. POLICE AND FIRE HAD SWARMED THE AREA. WE NOW KNOW FROM DURHAM POLICE THAT THERE WAS A 9-1-1 CALL MADE JUST BEFORE 10 THIS MORNING. >> FALSELY REPORTING THAT THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER AT HILLSIDE. THANK GOODNESS. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, BUT STILL THESE LOCKDOWNS IN THESE LARGE SCENES CAUSED PANIC IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE DIFFICULT FOR OFFICERS AS WELL. >> ONE CLUE SEARCH THE BUILDING EVACUATED GOOD AND IN SOME CASES, NOT IF IT IS A WHOLE. SO WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE EVERY CALL AS SERIOUS AS POSSIBLE. SO IT IT CAN BE EMOTIONAL AND DIFFICULT TIME SEEING SCENES. >> AND DURHAM POLICE TOLD ME THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO TRY AND DETERMINE IF ALL OF THESE FALSE CALLS FALSE REPORTS OF ACTIVE SHOOTERS ARE CONNECTED. SOMEHOW POLICE ALSO CAUTION THAT CALLING 9-1-1 BASELESSLY LIKE THIS. THAT IS A CRIME IN

Hoax reports of school shootings rattle students across NC

Hoax reports of school shootings rattle students, parents

After dozens of reports of active shooter situations on school campuses rolled across North Carolina on Thursday, law enforcement officers issued this reminder: Any threat against a school is not simply a prank. It is a felony.

It's a crime: Hoax threats against schools across the state not just pranks

Hillside High School in Durham on lockdown due to 'incident in community'

The deputies were shot while serving an involuntary commitment order, meaning someone thought the suspect was a danger to himself and needed help. at a home in the 2500 block of Arrington Bridge Road in Dudley.

DOT COM. ALL RIGHT, MARK, THANK YOU. WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK WITH YOU IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATES DURING THIS NEWSCAST. >> BRAND NEW INFORMATION ABOUT 3 DEPUTIES SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY TODAY AFTER AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF. THE SUSPECT IS NOW DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAY SERGEANT MATTHEW FISHMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. 2 OTHER DEPUTIES ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. ALL 3 ARE 8 ECU BIDEN MEDICAL CENTER. WRAL HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS STORY SINCE HIS FIRST BROKEN TONIGHT. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM THE SCENE AND THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE DEPUTIES ARE BEING TREATED. WE BEGIN WITH WRAL'S. JULIAN GRACE WERE ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED. JULIAN? >> ON DENVER, POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 23 YEAR-OLD JORDAN HAMILTON. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE. SQUAD CARS ARE STILL HERE AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER THE MOMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOOTINGS >> OUR UPDATE IS SAW THERE WAS A MALE SUSPECT FOUND INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WITH A AN APPARENT FATAL SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. >> NEARLY 9 HOURS LATER, THE STANDOFF WAS OVER. IT STARTED AROUND 10, 30 THIS MORNING WHEN WAYNE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRIVED TO ARRINGTON BRIDGE ROAD WITH PAPERS IN HAND ONCE AT THE DOOR, INVESTIGATORS SAY DEPUTIES WERE INSTANTLY GREETED WITH GUNFIRE. 3 DEPUTIES WERE SHOT AND RUSHED, DIVIDE AND ECU MEDICAL HOSPITAL. WE HAD SKY 5 IN THE AIR CAPTURING THE SCENE ON THE GROUND WHILE DEPUTIES TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GUNMAN INSIDE, WE DISCOVERED THE WARRANT WAS FOR AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT. MEANING SOMEONE THOUGHT THE SUSPECT. 23 YEAR-OLD JORDAN HAMILTON WAS A DANGER TO HIMSELF AND NEEDED HELP. AND THEN JUST BEFORE THE 9TH, OUR DEPUTIES FOUND THE GUNMAN, JORDAN HAMILTON INSIDE. >> ALL ALONE IN THE HOME DEAD. >> WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET ADDITIONAL DETAILS. WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU, THE FBI IS HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION AND THEN I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ROAD BEHIND ME. YOU SEE THE SQUAD CAR STILL HERE. WE'RE TOLD INVESTIGATORS WILL BE OUT HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. >> DEBORAH, JULIAN GRACE

Suspect dead, 3 deputies injured after Wayne County standoff

A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting in a livestream and demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers in Afghanistan.

$78 MILLION. >>> A HOSTAGE IS OUT AND SAFE AFTER HELP IN DALLAS-AREA SYNAGOGUE SHOWING VIDEO OUTSIDE THE CONGREGATION IN COLLEYVILLE. A MAN HELD A RABBI AND OTHERS HOSTAGE. HE TOLD AUTHORITIES HE WANTED THE RELEASE FROM FEDERAL PRISON, CONVICTED BY FEDERAL JURY TRYING TO KILL FEDERAL OFFICERS

Hostages safe after being held in Texas synagogue

Police said on Sunday that an armed robbery suspect barricaded himself in a vacant home on Atchison Street after a police chase. The man was taken into custody by SWAT teams. 


Clayton man wanted for multiple armed robberies captured by SWAT teams in Garner

Quadarius Crenshaw, 24, from Clayton, is facing multiple charges connected to robberies in Wake and Wayne counties. 

A wanted man, armed with a rifle, "possibly" barricaded himself inside a home in Garner on Sunday afternoon, police said.


Owners give go-ahead for SWAT to enter Garner house after man wanted for armed robbery barricades himself 

Armed man arrested after hours-long barricade situation 

Facebook videos showed officers with guns drawn and the arrival of the Durham SWAT team.

Large police presence for domestic incident at Durham's McDougald Terrace

Durham police, SWAT team gather for domestic incident at McDougald Terrace

According to Durham police, a subject has barricaded himself in a Durham hotel room.

Fugitive who barricaded himself in Durham hotel surrenders

Police: Fugitive barricades himself in Durham hotel

Raleigh police say a standoff involving a suspect overnight was a family dispute.

