2 ‘significant police responses’ occur within 1-hour in Troy

TROY, Ohio ( WDTN ) — Officers from the Troy Police Department were busy with multiple calls early Wednesday morning.

The Troy Police Department reports at 6:24 a.m. on Aug. 21, officers were dispatched to a vacant building on W. Main Street in Troy in reference to a reported active shooter. When authorities arrived on scene, they found the call was a “swatting incident.”

Just 50 minutes later, officers received another call to respond to the area of Adams and W. Main streets for a man who allegedly had a rifle. According to Troy Police, they located a man with a pellet gun in his own backyard conducting target shooting,

Although there were large presences of first responders at both scenes, Troy Police confirmed there is no active threat.

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