The Washington D.C. home of former White House adviser Steve Bannon was reportedly “swatted” on Friday after police received a false report claiming there was a shooting inside the residence.
Jeffery Carroll, assistant police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters at a press briefing that authorities received an emergency call on July 8 at about 10:45 a.m. involving a shooting in the 200 block of A Street Northeast.
“When officers arrived on the scene, they did not observe any outward indications that a shooting did occur,” Carroll said, adding that the area, which is near the U.S. Supreme Court building and the U.S. Capitol, was shut down for around an hour out of precaution….