Six Nations police rush to help suicidal teen. The call was a hoax
Six Nations police rush to help suicidal teen. The call was a hoax

By J.P. Antonacci, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator The emergency dispatcher believed they were talking to a Six Nations youth about to take their own life. Officers with Six Nations Police burst into the house to prevent the youth from self-harming. But it was all a hoax. “Upon  entry, police discovered that the caller who reported the emergency was  impersonating the youth located at the residence, who was not in a  crisis,” Six Nations Police Const. Jamie Smith said in a media release  on Friday. The fraudulent emergency call was one recent local example of “swatting,” where a fake emergency brings police and other first responders to a house full of confused residents. The  hoax suicide call on Six Nations took place Sept. 1, police say. The  next

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