Nicki Minaj Focused in ‘Swatting’ Report, Cops Reply to Unoccupied Dwelling

Famous person rapper Nicki Minaj is the newest high-profile goal of a “swatting” name this week … as legislation enforcement personnel swarmed her L.A.-area property Wednesday evening responding to a report of a taking pictures at her home.

Legislation enforcement sources inform TMZ … shortly after 7 PM yesterday, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. obtained a name reporting an assault at a residence in Hidden Hills, the place Nicki lives.

Deputies rushed to the scene … the place they discovered nobody at dwelling, and no points within the space.

The Los Angeles Instances experiences an unidentified individual known as the sheriff’s enterprise line — not 911 — to report somebody had shot a Black lady at Nicki’s tackle, and two individuals had been nonetheless on the scene. The decision was later categorised as swatting.

Minaj has beforehand handled being the goal of swatting — through which a caller experiences an incident as a way to provoke an enormous legislation enforcement response at their goal — in August and July 2023 … L.A. County deputies had been instructed somebody had been shot at her home, and within the July incident, that Nicki’s youngster was being abused.

The caller in Wednesday evening’s incident has not been recognized.

This follows a tragic swatting occasion in Atlanta, through which a 911 caller instructed police a unadorned lady was being assaulted at a residence the place rapper Younger Scooter was current — when officers responded, he ran out the again and ended up tearing a femoral artery leaping a fence … and later died on account of the harm. No criminality was discovered on the home. That caller was later recognized as a one-time actuality TV contestant, and she or he was arrested and charged with making a false report back to police.