Top GA Elections Official 'Swatted' After Capitol Bomb Threat

GEORGIA — Gabriel Sterling, a top state elections official, is now among his peers who have had their homes "swatted" in recent weeks, he said Wednesday.

Sterling, chief operations officer for the Secretary of State's office, made the announcement the same day the Georgia State Capitol received a bomb threat that was reportedly deemed a hoax.

Swatting is when a prank call is made to first responders in an attempt to have a large number of armed officers dispatched to a place.

Sterling said on X, formerly Twitter, that 911 dispatchers received a call that a drug deal had gone bad and resulted in a shooting at his home.

"Everyone is ok. But this is wrong," Sterling said in the post.

In an earlier post Wednesday, he said Georgia joined state capitols in Kentucky, Michigan and Montana to receive bomb threats.

"Do not jump to conclusions as to who is responsible. There will be chaos agents sowing discord for 2024. They want to increase tensions. Don’t let them," he said in the post.

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Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, both said their homes were swatted in late December.

Like Greene, U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams was also swatted on Christmas Day, he said. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott's home was swatted, as well.

U.S. Capitol Police in a statement to CNN said it partnering with local and federal authorities to respond to swatting incidents against Congress members.