Police Investigate Hoax Shooting Call

Police rushed to a home on Congress Avenue early Thursday morning after receiving a disturbing call from a man who said he’d shot his mother. Upon arriving at the residence, authorities soon learned that the call was a hoax.

The call came in at 2:26 a.m. and the man said he was also bleeding, but would not provide additional information, police said.

An ambulance responded, police surrounded the house and authorities used the patrol car’s public address system, and told those inside to come out.

When three people who were in the home responded, they were cooperative, came outside and said they knew nothing about what had been reported, police said.

Police also spoke with a few others inside who also claimed to know nothing of what was going on.

Police searched apartments and found nothing.

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