US judge in Trump’s election case subject of apparent ‘swatting’ incident
- According to police, officers responded to a call on Sunday reporting a shooting at the Washington home of US District Judge Tanya Chutkan
- Incident was latest in a string of ‘swatting’ attacks nationally in which individuals falsely report crimes to trigger emergency police response
The incident marked the latest in a string of “swatting” attacks nationally in which individuals have falsely reported crimes in progress to trigger emergency responses by police and get them to respond to particular locations.
According to a police report, officers with the District of Columbia police responded to a call after 10pm on Sunday reporting a shooting at a residence in Washington. The report did not identify the judge by name but police provided a copy in response to a request to confirm an incident at her home.
An unnamed person at the home told police “she was not injured and that there was no one in her home”, according to the police report. Officers found nothing at the location.
A spokesperson for Chutkan’s court did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. The news was earlier reported by NBC and CNN.