INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana state senator and his family were victims of a swatting incident on Nov. 16, authorities said, just hours after President Donald Trump called him out by name on social media for not supporting mid-decade redistricting.
At around 5 p.m. local time on Nov. 16, the Vigo County Sheriff’s Office received an email stating that someone had been harmed inside the home of Sen. Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute. Authorities were initially unsuccessful in contacting anyone in the residence, but "ultimately contact was made with persons inside the home," according to Sheriff Derek Fell.
The sheriff confirmed that all people inside the home were "secure, safe, and unharmed." The email, he said, was a false report, known as swatting.
“A false or prank call of this nature will never be acceptable,” Fell said in a statement. “Not only do calls like this waste and reduce resources of deputies serving and protecting other parts of our county, they have a negative impact on the victim and their families as well.”
In a statement shared on X, Goode said he and his family were "victims of a swatting incident," and thanked Fell and Terre Haute Police Chief Kevin Barrett for their "professionalism."
