Minnesota couple swatted

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Minnetonka couple latest 'swatting' victims after police called to their home over false murder claim
Forty minutes later, law enforcement stood down. All of it — the report of a murderer in the home and a man inside wanting to shoot officers — was made up. In the home, a husband and wife slept as officers from at least six agencies were poised outside.

The nearly two dozen officers had been unwitting participants in a "swatting," the not-at-all-humorous prank of calling in a dangerous crime or situation in hopes of initiating an overwhelming police response. The baffled couple in their 60s say they have no idea why they were targeted.

"My heart was pounding, and I feared for my life," the woman said, recounting when they awoke to a phone call from police, then were told to exit the house amid the glare of high-intensity police lights and officers' weapons pointed at them.

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