Nikki Haley’s South Carolina Home Swatted — Caller Claimed He Shot His Girlfriend and Was Going to Shoot Himself
Neoconservative presidential candidate Nikki Haley was the victim of a swatting on December 30, according to reports.
Swatting is the act of calling in a fake police report, usually about a violent crime, to a person’s home or business — prompting a heavy police response.
The caller had claimed that he shot his girlfriend and was preparing to shoot himself at Haley’s $2.4 million waterfront estate on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
Law enforcement swarmed the home before realizing that the call was fake.
Haley was not home at the time of the incident.
In 2019, Haley was elected to Boeing’s board of directors months after leaving her post in the Trump administration. At the time,
