Pranksters are now “swatting” Mickey.
Police swarmed Disneyland on Wednesday night after a mass shooting was reported at the popular Southern California theme park.
The Anaheim Police Department told KTLA the hoax calls were believed to be a swatting incident, a dangerous prank in which an individual makes a false emergency report of a shooting or bomb threat to send heavily armed police to an unsuspecting target.
A Disneyland swatting hoax triggers a large law enforcement presence and the removal of livestreamer Oblivion, right, who was visiting the Anaheim theme park with an unidentified friend, left. oblivionsw/Kick
Livestreamer Oblivion and his friend were greeting fans at Disneyland while livestreaming. oblivionsw/Kick
A Disney employer said the streamer was being kicked out because he was “disrupting” business at the park. oblivionsw/Kick
Oblivion said he was the victim of “swatting,” though it’s not clear if his stream led to the large police response. oblivionsw/KickAt least a dozen Anaheim police cruisers showed up to the theme park, according to KTLA. Police cleared the scene but did not evacuate the park.
A live streamer named Oblivion was streaming from Disneyland on Wednesday night when security and local police questioned him before kicking him out of the park, video of the exchange showed. He said he was the victim of “swatting,” though it’s not clear if his stream led to the large police response.
“I’m streaming in front of 14,000 people. There’s someone that just called to get all these cops here,” he told authorities while streaming live. “They swatted us. That’s what happens to streamers.”
Local police escorted Oblivion and his friend from the Anaheim theme park. oblivionsw/KickA Disney employee who appeared in the video said the streamer was being kicked out because he was “disrupting” business at the park.
Fans in the video are seen greeting Oblivion and taking photos with him until Disney security escorted him to his car.
The California Post reached out to the Anaheim Police Department and Oblivion.
Earlier Wednesday, a pair of livestreamers got swatted in a Southern California mall.
Streamers Zavalahimself and Amanda Solis were livestreaming a day out with a child inside a Journeys store at Westfield Santa Anita Mall when police rushed in around 5 p.m., rifles drawn.
Authorities said someone called 911 claiming the pair inside the store were armed with rifles and bombs and preparing to shoot people in the mall.
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