SWAT sent to south Austin home after ‘false report’

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police and a SWAT crew responded to what ended up being what APD is looking “a false report” of a taking pictures Tuesday at a south Austin house.

APD stated in a briefing that SWAT responded as a result of the caller stated there was somebody with a gun within the house and that somebody might have been shot. As soon as officers arrived on the house on Beaconcreast Drive, they couldn’t discover anybody on the house.

“Nothing might be heard or seen at the moment,” APD officer Dimitri Hobbs stated when requested if the caller might describe something concerning the incident. “We’re treating this as a false report.”

Hobbs stated false studies put a pressure on assets and waste time when officers might be some other place.

“It’s very severe because of the assets concerned,” he stated. “You had eight or 9 officers right here … truly greater than that as a result of they have been coming from totally different sectors. You additionally had a SWAT crew was known as, 20 officers and all their automobiles. It’s assets which can be wasted.”

Hobbs stated APD contacted an individual who lives on the home, however wasn’t there on the time, and stated the resident “had no thought,” concerning the name.