An Indiana state senator and his family were victims of a swatting incident 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. 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.

“Attempts were initially unsuccessful to raise anyone at the residence, but ultimately contact was made with persons inside the home,” Sheriff Derek Fall said in his statement. “All person 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,” he said. “Not only do calls like this waste and reduce resources of deputies servi

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