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Dozens of South Carolina schools report 'swatting' hoax
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Swatting' calls made in Iowa sound similar across the country
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Police Nationwide Besieged by False School Shooting Calls
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South Carolina: FBI responds to fake calls about school shootings
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Florida school threat ends in arrest of Coral Springs girl, 18
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Texas Colleges Respond to Rash of Hoax Shooting Calls – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Florida schools lock down after false active shooter calls
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Police experts: Swatting hoax targeting schools 'absolutely' coordinated, but may still be kids
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South Carolina: FBI responds to fake calls about school shootings
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A horrible hoax': School swatting takes phony threats to a new, emotional, costly level
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Active school shooter hoax made across SC stems from TikTok challenge, officials say
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School threats are not jokes or pranks, officials say after Upstate school ' swatted
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SC law enforcement investigating more than a dozen school shooting hoax calls
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Hoax puts schools on alert (WITH VIDEO), Local and regional news, Lewiston Tribune
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Across North Carolina, school 'swatting' hoaxes waste time and create terror
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Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer