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Sen. Mike Lee slams 'swatting' at Supreme Court Justice's Virginia home as murder attempt
Fairfax County Police officers responded to a U.S. Supreme Court Justice's home Wednesday evening after receiving a fraudulent emergency report on their non-emergency line, officials said.
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Fairfax County authorities collaborated with Supreme Court Police to quickly verify the call was a hoax, commonly known as "swatting."
Swatting involves placing a false emergency call to trick law enforcement into dispatching heavily armed response units, such as a SWAT team, to a specific location.
Utah Senator Mike Lee condemned the incident, calling swatting "an attempt to get an innocent person killed—in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice."