An entire SWAT team was dispatched to the home of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian after a prank call to emergency services said that a prowler was on the premises and that a staff member had been shot.
The act of making a false call to emergency services in an attempt to lure a number of armed police to a place is known as SWATTING – and it goes without saying that this is highly illegal.
According to a tweet from Southern California Monitoring Association, the SWAT team forcibly entered the house, before realising it was a prank.
#LAPD WEST LA: Possible SWATTING call at the Kardashian Home Ch8 108
— SCMA (@SoCalScanner) March 4, 2017
Caller disconnected as officers entered house. Appears Kim Kardashian home is victim of SWATTING call. Officers did breach door to enter
— SCMA (@SoCalScanner) March 4, 2017
Interestingly, this isn’t the first time this has happened to members of the Kardashian family, with a similar incident occurring to Kris Jenner in 2013.
These prank calls are NOT funny! People can get arrested for this! I hope they find out who is behind this. Its dangerous & not a joke!
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) January 19, 2013
