Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach targeted: Active shooter or swatting? Alarming details revealed

Published on: Oct 07, 2025 11:19 pm IST

Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach: An active shooter report at an Orange County hospital turned out to be a swatting incident.

A hospital in Orange County reported an active shooter, but it was actually a fake and a “swatting” episode, said authorities.

Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach(Getty Images)

The Department of Homeland Security defines “swatting” as a “malicious act that can involve placing false emergency calls to emergency responders, often reporting a (false) severe, ongoing crisis at a specific location.”

“The goat of ‘swatting’ is to provoke a significant law enforcement response, create chaos and [they can] potentially [result] in violence,” DHS states.

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