Overview
- Marine City issued a shelter-in-place for Union and South Water streets Sunday after a 911 caller claimed a hostage situation.
- Authorities now say the call was a swatting hoax, with the caller using a public YouTube live stream to make the threat sound real.
- The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office reported no confirmed victims and local outlets said no one reported hearing gunshots.
- The report drew a large response that included multiple police agencies and SWAT teams, road closures downtown, and businesses sheltering customers inside.
- Investigators are working to identify the caller, and officials warned that swatting—making false emergency reports—wastes critical resources and endangers the public.