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Posted by: Paul Burch on Sep 14, 2023

Two high schools in Nashville were targeted with hoax phone calls yesterday in what police are calling a growing trend around Tennessee and nationally, reports the Tennessean. The FBI has also joined the investigation. Similar calls were made to the Nashville International Airport, a Metro police precinct, Hard Rock Café and the AT&T building downtown last week. The response units include SWAT, police negotiators, a helicopter and victim counselors. Nashville Police spokesperson Kris Mumford said the motive for the calls remains under investigation but that preliminary findings show many of the specific telephoned threats are originating from outside Tennessee. Similar threats in other American cities have also been reported. In Tennessee, it is a class C felony to report threats of bombing or shooting and carries a prison sentence between 3-15 years.