Hoax reports of school shootings rattle students across NC
THE LIVE CENTER TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MARK. MORE THAN A
DOZEN BOGUS ACTIVE SHOOTER
CALLS IT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
STATE SENT LAW ENFORCEMENT
SCRAMBLING TODAY. PUT MANY
SCHOOLS ON LOCKDOWN. YOU CAN
SEE HOW THEY WERE SPREAD ACROSS
NORTH CAROLINA.
>> THE SO-CALLED SWATTING
9-1-1, CALLS ARE DESIGNED TO
MAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT SEND OUT
SWAT TEAMS TO HANDLE THE FAKE
CALLS. WR OVER BAYS. JOINING US
NOW, HE SPOKE WITH
INVESTIGATORS WHO HANDLED ONE
AT A LOCAL SCHOOL.
>> WELL, THE CALL HE REJECT
BRITT HIGH SCHOOL CAME IN ABOUT
A 30 HOPE MILLS. POLICE COME A
LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS AND
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE RESPONDED
AND WE'RE TOLD THEY HAVE TO
TAKE THESE CALLS SERIOUSLY.
>> IT'S BECOMING A DISTURBING
TREND. FAKE SWIMING 9-1-1,
CALLS MORE THAN A DOZEN THIS
MORNING FORCING HUNDREDS OF
AND ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING
THOSE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO
RESPOND LIKE IT WAS THE REAL
THING. THERE WAS NOT AN ACTUAL
THREAT. THERE
NEVER WAS.
>> WE'RE SEEING THAT THIS IS A
TREND THROUGHOUT OUR STATE HERE
RECENTLY. WHAT THIS DOES TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ANY FIRST
RESPONDER IS IT PUTS US ON HIGH
ALERT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
IT'S A FALSE THREAT TO WE GET
THERE.
>> THE RESPONSE WAS MASSIVE
EDLEY'S ROAD MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
RALEIGH AND DURHAM IS HILLSIDE
HIGH.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT. OBVIOUSLY
OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT CITIZENS ARE IN THIS
TO IN THIS THE STUDENTS ARE
SAFE. SO WE WANT TO GET HERE
SAFELY SO THAT WE CAN CONCEDE
TOO EVACUATED NECESSARY MOMENT.
BELIEVE THE CALLS ARE COMING
FROM OUT OF STATE. THEY PUT
STUDENTS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS ON EDGE. IT'S A
THREAT OF MASS VIOLENCE IS WHAT
IT IS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HOAX.
IT'S STILL A FELONY. SO ALL OF
THOSE CALLS WERE FAKE. NOW, LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS
THE STATE
>> ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY
TO FIGURE OUT WHO MADE THEM
IN FAYETTEVILLE, GILBERT BAYS,