Nikki Haley's home in South Carolina targeted by 'swatting'

The South Carolina home of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was the recent target of a "swatting" incident at the end of last month.

Emergency responders arrived at the former governor's Kiawah Island house in southeast South Carolina on Dec. 30, after an unidentified man called 911 to falsely report he had shot a woman there and threatened to harm himself, Reuters first reported based on town records.

Haley confirmed the incident during an interview on "Meet the Press" Sunday. She said she was not home when responders arrived at her home, but her parents were there with a caregiver. The former South Carolina governor noted that her parents are 87 and 90 years old.

"I will tell you that the last thing you want is to see multiple law enforcement officials with guns drawn pointing at my parents and thinking that something happened. It is an awful situation," Haley said.

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The incident is the latest in a string of "swatting" attempts targeting high-profile national figures.

Also last month, Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X, formerly Twitter, that the homes of her two daughters had been targeted by fake emergency calls. And the federal judge and special investigator in former President Donald Trump's D.C. election interference case were victims of 'swatting attempts' between December and January.

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Officials determined that the call on the former South Carolina governor's gated community home was a hoax, according the emails obtained by Reuters. Haley was not home or in town at the time, they reported.

Haley's campaign and local police could not be immediately reached by USA TODAY for comment.

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