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