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Days after an officer responding to a “swatting” call at St. John’s Prep school accidentally fired his gun, causing a further scare and massive police response, the town of Danvers, Massachusetts, has offered more information about what happened.

Classes at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, Mass., are cancelled Tuesday after a hoax active shooter call sent the school into a lockdown on Monday, followed by a massive police response in which an officer accidentally fired his weapon inside one of the school buildings.

Police say an officer accidentally discharged their gun during the initial response, but no one was hurt.

An active shooter was reported at Boston College High School Monday, police said, though they noted it appeared to be a case of “swatting.” The incident was reported by a third party, Boston police said. More information wasn’t immediately available, including if anyone was hurt. The incident comes while police were investigating a report of an active shooter at...

An active shooter was reported at St. John’s Prep school in Danvers, Massachusetts, on Monday, but the school later said it’s believed to have been a “swatting” incident and said everyone there was safe.

Students returned to class on Wednesday unsure if they will be disrupted again after thousands of students across more than a dozen Massachusetts schools were impacted by “swatting” calls

Students returned to class on Wednesday after thousands of students across more than a dozen Massachusetts schools were impacted by “swatting” calls on Monday and Tuesday. But at least three local schools had to deal with a new round of hoax calls on Wednesday. An investigation into the fake threatening calls is ongoing, after two days of hoax threats caused…

Schools around Massachusetts on Tuesday were dealing with “swatting” reports for the second day in a row, according to state and local police departments. Several agencies, including in Ipswich, Haverhill and Fall River, said they received phone calls conveying threats — police in one city said a person with a rifle was reported outside the local high school. But after…

A spate of apparently false reports of shootings at Vermont schools was being reported statewide Wednesday morning, officials said, with the governor calling them “an act of terrorism.” Twenty-one reports of threats were received Wednesday, none of which appeared to credible, officials said. One of the baseless threats specified that two people were shot; no one turned out to be….

Police in Portland confirmed they investigated a call of an active shooter at Portland High School and put the school on lockdown but found that staff reported no shooting.

Active shooter threats that are believed to be hoaxes have been reported at schools throughout Maine on Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Public Safety. “The Department of Public Safety is aware of multiple active shooter threats that have been made at schools throughout the state. Maine State Police have been assisting local law enforcement agencies with these…

A large police presence was seen at a Home Depot in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Thursday for what officials said appeared to have been a false alarm, then latter said was apparently a “swatting” incident. Police were investigating what happened, but Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes told NBC10 Boston that no one was hurt, no shooter had been found and there was…

Police in Taunton, Massachusetts, responded to a 911 call that was later determined to be a hoax, describing the situation as a swatting case. In a call to the Taunton Police Department shortly before 3:15 p.m. Friday, a male caller said he had killed his girlfriend and planned to harm himself at a home on Williams Street. Police and a…