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Renewed concern over "swatting" incidents in wake of Minnesota lawmaker shootings

Name: Renewed concern over "swatting" incidents in wake of Minnesota lawmaker shootings
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T17:45:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 16 s
Description: Lawmakers are calling for more security after this weekend's attacks on a pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The heightened risk of violence includes "swatting," when someone makes a false emergency call to lure a SWAT team to a target's home. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.

Lawmakers are calling for more security after this weekend's attacks on a pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The heightened risk of violence includes "swatting," when someone makes a false emergency call to lure a SWAT team to a target's home. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.