At approximately 7:35 p.m. IBPD officers, IUP PD officers, and Homer City PD officers responded to the report of an active threat incident in a business parking lot in the area of South 8th Street, Indiana Borough.
A male voice reported a shooting, threated additional shooting, and then reported an additional shooting during the 911 phone call.
Multiple IBPD officers responded to multiple locations within Indiana Borough during the first minutes of the 911 report and found NO evidence that the reporting was truthful. We continue investigating this incident and are actively patrolling all Indiana Borough neighborhoods.
We will always provide our community with the information it needs should an emergency arise. There is no emergency-related information to relay.
We are aware of a phenomenon called “swatting” that is a fake 911 call and a form of harassment to deceive an emergency service provider into sending a police and emergency service response team to an address due to the false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency.
Members of your Indiana Borough Police Department—and our partners—are always with you, both seen and unseen.
We thank our 911 dispatchers, Citizens Ambulance Service, and the District Attorney's Office for their immediate assistance during our on-scene investigations.