The Grand Island Police Department (GIPD) has reported that a bomb threat at the Grand Island Casino was a hoax, or “swatting call.” It has urged the public to come forward with information about the case, as the caller remains unidentified.
The GIPD released a statement confirming it received a call at around 2 p.m. on Sunday claiming there were multiple bombs at the casino. Officers cleared and scoured the area, but uncovered no explosive devices or firearms. The police later determined that the call was a hoax and that the caller had used “a third-party system to spoof a phone number.”
It said that there was no active risk to the public at the Grand Island Casino, but warned that swatting calls “divert emergency resources and can place the public and first responders at risk.”
