Swatting Prank Gets Someone Shot
This bodycam footage from Tucson, Arizona on 10 April 2025 shows the Pima County Sheriff's Department responding to what they believed to be a legitimate 911 call (included in the video). The caller, identifying as one Axeel Melendez, 23 years of age, claimed that his father had just shot his little sister. Believing they were responding to a life-threatening incident, the Deputies made entry and found Melendez' father, gun in-hand. The man was shot, but was transported to an area hospital. Viewer discretion is advised, but here's where the thickening plot twists: investigation afterward revealed no one had been shot and Axeel did not call the police. The man fell victim to a prank termed "swatting"- manipulating police into unknowingly using force under false pretenses, especially entering someone's home. It appears that he had grabbed his handgun because his home was being invaded without any ostensible reason.
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