It was a normal Tuesday morning for one California Domino's until they got a horrifying message that no pizza place would ever think to get...especially through their mobile ordering app. Rather than a pizza order, an employee got a call for help from someone claiming to be held hostage nearby.
Just as any normal human being would do, the person on the receiving end called 911 as soon as the message came through. According to NBC San Diego, once first responders got the call, they sent a swarm of cops to surround the home the caller was reportedly being held in.
While eventually one of the house's residents was taken away in handcuffs and many others were interviewed, the San Diego Police Department couldn't prove or find evidence of a hostage situation. That led them to believe this could be another "swatting" prank incident.
A millennial crash course on "swatting" from the handy dandy FBI: "Swatting is the making of a hoax call to any emergency service to elicit an emergency response based on the false report of an ongoing critical incident." They continue: "Incidents typically produce the deployment of SWAT units, bomb squads, and other police units, as well as the evacuations of schools, businesses and residences."
Moral of the story: Don't ever prank an emergency call. Like, ever. And especially don't do it through the Domino's Pizza App, because anyone who's working there and gets the message never did anything other than help you get your pizza and do their jobs.
BE NICE PEOPLE. JUST BE NICE.
