Twice this week, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has been “swatted” according to Rome Police.
For those unfamiliar with the term, swatting is the act of creating a hoax 911 call typically involving hostages, gunfire, or other acts of extreme violence, with the goal of diverting emergency public safety resources to an unsuspecting person’s residence.
Two officers showed up to Greene’s home in Rome, Georgia, after receiving a call at 2:53 a.m. ET Thursday about “a male possibly shooting his family members and then himself,” according to a report from the Rome Police Department.
The suspect, who called through an internet chat that appeared to be a suicide crisis line, falsely told police responders that a man “came out as trans-gender and claimed they shot the family” at Greene’s address, the report said.
Greene confirmed to officers that the call was fake and that there was no emergency at her home.
The department said it is working with the U.S. Capitol Police on the investigation, which remains active.
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