Virginia home of mother of January 6 police officer swatted

Mother of Michael Fanone, officer attacked during US Capitol riot, targeted by unnamed person who claimed to have killed her

The home of the mother of Michael Fanone, a Washington DC police officer who nearly died in the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, was swatted" on Tuesday night.

An unnamed person who had written a manifesto seen by NBC falsely claimed they had killed Fanone's mother and would go to Fanone's old high school on Wednesday and shoot people. The manifesto listed Fanone's mother's address in Virginia.