{"id":40266,"date":"2025-08-26T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/swatting-hoax-triggers-panic-at-university-of-south-carolina\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:30:35","slug":"swatting-hoax-triggers-panic-at-university-of-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/swatting-hoax-triggers-panic-at-university-of-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Swatting Hoax Triggers Panic at University of South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jSaQkUuDb78?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Students at the University of South Carolina are trying to return to normal after a terrifying false alarm. An active shooter alert Sunday night locked down the Columbia campus for hours, prompting panic and confusion\u2014especially at the Thomas Cooper Library.<\/p>\n<p>USC Police now believe the alert was part of a nationwide \u201cswatting\u201d hoax targeting college campuses. Students described hiding in fear, texting loved ones goodbye, and grappling with the trauma even after the all-clear. While many resumed classes Monday, others say they didn\u2019t feel safe returning. The university is offering counseling services, and the investigation with SLED remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Reported by Caroline Yaffa | WSPA 7 News<br \/>\n\ud83d\udccd Location: University of South Carolina \u2013 Columbia<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd75\ufe0f Investigation Ongoing | Two Minor Injuries Reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the University of South Carolina are trying to return to normal after a terrifying false alarm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}