A reporter, arriving for work, walks up the driveway toward the White House on a rain-soaked morning in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024.
A person called 911 Monday morning falsely claiming that there was a fire at the White House and that someone was trapped inside.
In so-called swatting incidents, someone makes a false report of a crime in progress to draw police to a certain location.
A Secret Service spokesperson said any fire at the White House would have been immediately detected — and there clearly wasn't one.
A county police department spokesman said they are investigating it as a "swatting incident."
Persons:
Noah Gray, Joe Biden, Camp, Martin Luther King Jr, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Arthur Engoron
Organizations:
White, Columbia's, Emergency Medical Services Department, D.C, Camp David, Colorado Supreme Court, New, FBI
Locations:
Washington , U.S, Philadelphia, U.S, New York, Long