Parkland gun control advocate David Hogg’s home in Florida was “swatted” Tuesday morning, when someone made an emergency call that prompted police to show up at his house, according to a local ABC affiliate.
Hogg, who became a student advocate after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February, was not at his home at the time police responded to the scene. Instead, he was in Washington, D.C., with his mother to accept the RFK Human Rights award.
Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Gina Carter told USA Today a 911 call came in at 8:39 a.m. about someone at the home with a weapon.
“A SWAT team responded and cleared the home,” she said. “We are investigating who made the call.”
Fire Rescue and police units were staged outside the house as a precautionary measure, and the sheriff’s office responded with several crews and a police helicopter.
Hogg is one of the most recognized faces among the March for Our Lives student-led movement.
Seventeen people were killed in the Feb. 14 massacre.
