Marjorie Taylor Greene targeted by failed Christmas swatting attempt
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The Rome Police Department in Georgia quickly verified that the call was a hoax and did not send officers to Greene's house.
Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the target of a swatting attempt at her Georgia residence on Christmas morning, the congresswoman and local police said. It marks the latest instance of someone calling in a fake emergency to draw armed officers to her home.
The Rome Police Department in Georgia said they quickly verified that the call was a hoax and did not send officers to the house, department spokesperson Kelly Madden said.
"I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here. My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn't have to deal with this," Greene wrote in a post on X.
A man in New York called the Georgia suicide hotline just before 11 a.m. Monday, claiming that he had shot his girlfriend at Greene's home and was going to kill himself next, Madden said.
The call was quickly transferred to police when suicide hotline responders recognized the Georgia congresswoman's address.
