Authorities are investigating a Christmas Day swatting attempt at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenes residence in Rome, Georgia, but the Republican congresswoman says enough isnt being done to catch the offenders. A swatting call is a dangerous prank in which the perpetrator reports a severe crime to police to lure swat teams to the victims home in a forceful law enforcement response.
I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here. My local police are the GREATEST and shouldnt have to deal with this, Greene wrote in a post on X.
As Greene has been the victim of repeated swatting incidents, the Rome Police Department was able to quickly ascertain that the call was a hoax and didnt send officers to her home, a department spokesperson told CBS News.
According to Rome PD spokesperson Kelly Madden, the call came from a man in Rome, New York, who called the suicide hotline just before 11 a.m. Monday. The man claimed hed shot his girlfriend at the address of Greenes home and was going to kill himself next, Madden said.