A hoax “swatting” call forced the Palouse School to go into lockdown this morning.
The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office and emergency responders were called to a home next to the school around 8:30 this morning. An anonymous caller reported to dispatchers that they had just shot their mother and they were suicidal. Deputies determined that there was no shooting.
The sheriff’s office is trying to track down the caller. The false report possibly came in from another country.