At least 13 more Massachusetts schools were targeted with swatting calls Wednesday—the third straight day that a slate of schools across the state received them.
“Swatting” is a type of fake 911 call where the caller falsely claims a violent crime is happening at a location with the goal of generating a heavy police response to that location.
On Wednesday, Lowell Public Schools, Gloucester Public Schools, Salem Public Schools, Leominster Public Schools, Milton Public Schools, Norton Public Schools, Northampton Public Schools, Saugus Public Schools, and Lexington Christian Academy reported that they had been the target of swatting calls.
