Overview
- Deputies responded around 5 p.m. Sunday to a report of people harmed at Goode’s southeastern Vigo County home and found everyone safe.
- The Vigo County Sheriff's Office determined the message was a hoax designed to trigger a large police response, describing it as a swatting incident.
- Authorities said they are working with federal partners to identify who sent the false report and emphasized the strain such hoaxes place on public safety resources.
- Earlier Sunday, President Trump named Goode and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray on Truth Social, labeled them RINOs, and threatened primary challenges over redistricting.
- The pressure followed Bray’s announcement that the Indiana Senate would not reconvene in December to vote on new congressional maps due to insufficient support.