00:00Police descend on Nicki Minaj's house in late-night swatting.
00:05Incident Minaj is just one of many celebrities that have been victimized by fraudulent 911 calls.
00:12Nicki Minaj was the latest victim of a late-night swatting incident,
00:16causing police to descend upon her Los Angeles-area home last night, April 9th.
00:22According to reporting from the Los Angeles Times,
00:24police received a call informing them of a shooting at Minaj's address at 7.05 p.m.
00:31A department spokesperson told the publication that the caller claimed a friend of theirs shot a black woman,
00:37with two potential suspects dressed in all black present on the property.
00:41Police arrived at the address, which they would not confirm belonged to Minaj, but which a neighbor did,
00:48and determined the call to be a false report, as there was no evidence of a crime.
00:52Other indications that the call was a swatting attempt include the caller contacting the department directly,
00:59rather than by calling 911, which the spokesperson said makes it difficult to trace,
01:05as well as the fact that it was the only call received about the purported incident.
01:10Typically, actual instances of violence will trigger multiple calls, according to the spokesperson.
01:16Swatting is an ongoing problem that often targets people in the public eye.
01:20Chris Pine and Jennifer Aniston both saw police descend upon their homes after false 911 calls,
01:27while a social media streamer and his friends were let out in handcuffs after a viewer swatted him during a live stream.
01:34Cardi B also had to deal with visits from Child Protective Services after a prank call suggested that her children were in danger.
01:42Minaj has also been targeted previously.
01:44With police responding to reports of child abuse, as well as another reported shooting in 2023, according to the Times.
01:52According to TMZ, she was not home during the most recent incident.
01:56The
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