{"id":109218,"date":"2025-03-13T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/swatting-call-about-possible-armed-person-at-san-bernardino-hospital-sparks-massive-police-presence\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T12:03:28","slug":"swatting-call-about-possible-armed-person-at-san-bernardino-hospital-sparks-massive-police-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/swatting-call-about-possible-armed-person-at-san-bernardino-hospital-sparks-massive-police-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Swatting call about possible armed person at San Bernardino hospital sparks massive police presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-03-13\/KABC_31325_LomaLUMC.jpg\" alt><figcaption>KABC chopper over Loma Linda University Medical Center. Via KABC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(LOS ANGELES) &#8212; Reports of a possibly armed person at a San Bernardino, California, hospital sparked a massive law enforcement response Wednesday evening, but authorities later cleared the scene and said it appeared to be the result of a &#8220;swatting&#8221; call.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began unfolding at the Loma Linda University Hospital Center in the San Bernardino area, east of Los Angeles, around 6:15 p.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p>The Bernardo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said in an post on X it was aware of &#8220;reports of a possible armed individual&#8221; at the hospital and said deputies were on scene and working to clear the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Police and fire department vehicles surrounded the facility and news helicopters hovered nearby.<\/p>\n<p>About two hours later, authorities said the scene had been cleared.<\/p>\n<p>No shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no reported injuries, and the incident appears to be a swatting call,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>A swatting call refers to an intentional false report to authorities intending to cause a large law enforcement presence.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABC chopper over Loma Linda University Medical Center. Via KABC. (LOS ANGELES) &#8212; Reports of a possibly armed person at a San Bernardino, California, hospital sparked a massive law enforcement response Wednesday evening, but authorities later cleared the scene and said it appeared to be the result of a &#8220;swatting&#8221;<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/swatting-call-about-possible-armed-person-at-san-bernardino-hospital-sparks-massive-police-presence\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}