Sixteen states collectively suffered more than 90 false reports of school shooters during three weeks in September—and many appear to be connected.
Educator’s School Safety Network tracks violent incidents that occur at schools. In data Klinger shared with WIRED, her organization found that since August there have been 99 false reports in the US. That’s more than seven times the number of incidents her organization tracked during the same time period in 2019.
On September 13, Houston’s Heights High was one of at least six Texas schools targeted on that day. It’s also the earliest swatting call that WIRED found linked to the single person or entity likely responsible for the later attacks. According to, the caller described the alleged shooting using many of the same details as in other calls that WIRED reviewed. For example, he gave a room number on the second floor of the building and described the color of the clothing worn by the suspects.
“I think we are going to find that, for a generation of kids, there is a real cost to having this specter of a school shooting looming so large in their minds,” Klinger says.A false report made to police in Sharonville, Ohio. The voice matches a caller in Ohio and other states.law enforcement say they are working with the FBI to trace the source of the calls. But right now, they are providing few details.
When asked about the call’s connection to a country in Africa, the FBI declined to comment. However, in an emailed statement, the agency says, “The FBI takes swatting very seriously because it puts innocent people at risk. While we have no information to indicate a specific and credible threat, we will continue to work with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to gather, share, and act upon threat information as it comes to our attention.
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