# Schools shootings hoax in GA

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**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822 "2022-11-30T22:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822/1 "2022-11-30T22:08:50Z")

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> **[Multiple Georgia schools target of false reports of active shooter](https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/multiple-georgia-schools-target-false-reports-active-shooter/3FWYU45DBRDUTF3C3ZO6W4FZ3Y/)**
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> So far, there have been no reports of injuries and no shooters have been found.

I’m currently in Savannah, in a hotel about a mile or two from Savannah HS. I was reading in bed when I became aware of sirens going by. At first, eh, it’s a city, there are always sirens. But they kept coming, and traveling at scary speed when they could. At that point I had no idea what was going on, but the sheer numbers and varieties of LE screaming by was definitely unnerving. I swear it was at least 15 minutes that they just kept coming.

I had been going to try and get a walk in before the rain, decided to stay out for a while!

I am so, so glad there was no carnage, and I hope they can track the source of those calls. That massive level of LE response comes at a huge cost, and not all of it is financial.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822/2 "2022-11-30T22:13:00Z")

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I don’t know if this is the case in Georgia, but in the Chicago area, a lot of election polling places are located at schools – with early voting going on for the Senate runoff in Georgia, it makes me wonder if the hoax calls were intended to disrupt voting.

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822/3 "2022-11-30T22:18:13Z")

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Possibly? But classes were in session, so … ?

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**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schools-shootings-hoax-in-ga/975822/4 "2022-11-30T22:29:10Z")

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This is the first I have heard of multiple, apparently coordinated hoaxes in one state, but hoaxes like this in general have been going on for a while around the country, which makes me doubt it has anything to with the election. I would guess just more of the same hoaxes like the ones reported below.

> **[Federal authorities investigate a case about false threats of school shootings](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139388765/federal-authorities-investigate-a-case-about-false-threats-of-school-shootings)**
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> One individual may be responsible for hundreds of false reports of active shooters across the U.S. The hoaxes have raised awareness of "swatting," and how it may be a national security threat.