Arnold Schwarzenegger was the victim of a swatting on Thanksgiving.
Swatting is the act of calling in a fake police report, usually about a violent crime, to a person’s home or business — prompting a heavy police response.
The swatter had called in a false tip to the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming that a bomb had been placed in the Terminator actor’s mailbox.
No explosives were found on the property.
TMZ reports:
We’re told cops rushed to the home and searched the mailbox and surrounding area … but, they did not find an explosive device.
Our sources say officers spoke with Schwarzenegger’s security … and, we’re told they explained it’d be virtually impossible to plant a bomb at the home — given the star has round-the-clock security and video surveillance.
Schwarzenegger was not home at the time of the incident. According to the TMZ report, “he was actually at the gym, pumping some iron before chowing down.”
The incident is being investigated as a swatting, but no arrests had been made as of Sunday, December 1.
Page Six reports:
Ahead of the scare, Schwarzenegger spent the days leading up to the holiday giving back to the community.
On Tuesday, the famed actor teamed up with his “True Lies” co-star Tom Arnold to hand out turkeys at the Hollenbeck Youth Center in Los Angeles.
The volunteers reportedly handed out over 1,000 frozen birds as well as tortillas and other produce to local families, who began lining up around the block as early as 2 a.m.
Earlier in the week, President-elect Donald Trump reported that people he selected for his cabinet were being targeted in swatting and fake bomb threats — including former Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz.
Swatting is extremely dangerous and has led to deaths in the past.
In 2017, a fake police report was called to the home of a man named Andrew Finch in Wichita, Kansas. The swatter had claimed that he had shot his father to death and was holding the rest of his family hostage.
Finch was unarmed and on his porch when he was shot by a police officer who believed that he was reaching for a gun.
The false report had been called in by serial swatter Tyler Barriss, who pleaded guilty to 51 charges of swatting in 2019 — including one count of making a false report resulting in a death.
Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2019 under a plea agreement.
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