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Multiple Law Enforcement Agencies Respond to Lowville
Walmart Thursday Afternoon in What Sheriff Describes as “Swatting” Incident
Published: September 03, 2021 at 02:45 p.m.
By: Nick Altmire
Lowville, NY- Multiple law
enforcement agencies responded to the Lowville Walmart store, 7155 E. State
St., on Thursday afternoon, after what is now described as a false call placed
to the Lewis County 911 center.
The incident
started just before 3:30 on Thursday afternoon.
Lewis County Sheriff
Mike Carpinelli tells linkinglewiscounty.com
that a 911 call received by Lewis County dispatchers resulted in multiple law
enforcement agencies being dispatched to the Walmart store for a reported
incident. The Sheriff said it has been determined that the incident was a
false call and describes it as a “swatting” incident, defined as “an action
or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in
an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed
police officers to a particular address.”
The Sheriff
declined to describe the nature of the call that initiated the response or
provide any additional information.
Responding
agencies included the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, the New York State
Police, the Lowville Police Department and a NYS DEC Officer in the area.
We’ve reached out
to the New York State Police for additional information and will update
this story if anything additional is provided.
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