Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach was targeted Tuesday morning in a swatting call, the second hoax report involving a hospital in Orange County in a matter of hours.
Newport Beach police said its dispatch center received a call Tuesday morning about a shooting at the hospital near Newport Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway.
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Officers searched the medical center campus, but found no evidence of a shooting.
The call was later determined to be a case of swatting.
Swatting involves a hoax call made to authorities in an effort to draw a law enforcement response to a home, business or other location.
"Swatting calls are illegal, dangerous and disruptive," Newport Beach Police said in a post on X. "We take these incidents