Apparent prank leads to SWAT team raid

LITTLETON, Colo. (WTVD) -- A police SWAT team burst in on an online gamer and held him at gunpoint after an apparent prank phone call to 911 in Littleton, Colorado Wednesday.

Police said someone called claiming to have shot two co-workers and said he was holding others hostage - threatening to shoot them too.

Video from the gamer's computer shows what happened next. The SWAT team burst in and ordered him to the floor.

Nearby schools were put on lockdown during the event.

Nobody was hurt. Police are now tracking the phone used to call in the hoax in an attempt to catch the person responsible.

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