ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – The Roanoke Police Department confirmed with WDBJ7 as well as Roanoke City Public Schools Division publicly announced a swatting hoax took place as it initiated a hold & secure procedure across its schools on Friday morning.
In a public statement on social media, the school division said:
“This morning, our school division was the victim of a swatting incident, which means that an unknown caller called the police to make a threat as a hoax. RCPS administrators, the Roanoke Police Department, and the Roanoke Sheriff’s Office immediately investigated, and their preliminary investigation determined that there was no threat…