{"id":1492545,"date":"2026-03-30T12:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1492545"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:11:27","slug":"swatting-aimed-at-chapel-hill-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1492545","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Swatting\u2019 aimed at Chapel Hill high schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"SMITH COUNTY \u2014 A threat directed at a Chapel Hill school in Texas has been deemed a \u201cswatting\u201d incident and is under investigation as officials take extra precautions on Monday. According to our news partner KETK, a shooting threat directed at \u201cChapel Hill High\u201d in Texas made through a dormant TikTok account on Sunday has been found to be a swatting incident by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). A swatting incident is a hoax threat or call made to incite a large emergency response. <\/p>\n

There are two Chapel Hill schools in East Texas \u2014 one in Smith County and one in Titus County. The TikTok did not specify which one it was addressing, but both schools took extra precautions on Monday morning. According to Chapel Hill ISD\u2019s (Titus County) Superintendent Daniel Pritchett, the school received information on Sunday night of a TikTok livestream that threatened to carry out an active shooting at a \u201cChapel Hill High\u201d in Texas. <\/p>\n

The school district worked with DPS and the Titus County Sheriff\u2019s Office and found the threat not credible, as it came from an \u201cabandoned\u201d TikTok account. The district is still providing a heightened sense of security as a precaution on Monday. In Smith County, a constable\u2019s office addressed the threat in a Facebook post on Sunday night and provided extra security on campuses on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Josh Joplin, the Smith County precinct 4 constable, said Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) is investigating the incident with the Smith County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilar threats have happened across the state in other districts this year and the credibility of this threat is unconfirmed,\u201d Joplin said on Sunday night. \u201cAs you all know, Precinct 4 doesn\u2019t take threats to our community or our schools lightly, and should one present itself, it will be met with force.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school district put out a statement on Monday morning and said the threat \u201chas not been substantiated and is believed to be a hoax.\u201d Additional officers are present on campus out of an abundance of caution, the district said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe district will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as needed,\u201d the school district said. \u201cThe safety of our students and staff remains our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SMITH COUNTY \u2014 A threat directed at a Chapel Hill school in Texas has been deemed a \u201cswatting\u201d incident and is under investigation as officials take extra precautions on Monday. According to our news partner KETK, a shooting threat directed at \u201cChapel Hill High\u201d in Texas made through a dormant TikTok account on Sunday has … Continue reading \u2018Swatting\u2019 aimed at Chapel Hill high schools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1492895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/ChapelHill-175x175.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 22:24:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/05\/ChapelHill-175x175.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1492545"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492935,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492545\/revisions\/1492935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1492545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1492545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1492545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}