REPORTED SHOOTING DETERMINED TO BE “SWATTING” CALL

It’s been determined that a call, made to the Allegany County Joint Communications Center Wednesday evening was determined to be a “swatting” call. A caller had claimed she had shot her mother, but there was no evidence of any such activity, according to Frostburg Police Chief Nicholas Costello. Chief Costello said the call was a “swatting” call, where residents make a false report to emergency services, to trick them into sending a heavily armed response team to an unsuspecting victim’s location. The Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit joined the Frostburg City Police with the investigation.