Authorities were called in to respond to a fake emergency at the South Carolina home of former governor and current presidential candidate Nikki Haley late last year.

An unknown party called Kiawah Island’s police department and claimed to have shot his girlfriend and threatened to hurt himself, explicitly identifying Haley’s address, according to a Dec. 30 email from the Kiawah Island of Public Safety that was reviewed by Reuters. This practice, known as “swatting,” is regularly used by pranksters and harassers to send police teams to public officials’ and celebrities’ houses. While the call was nearly a month ago, the details were only released on Saturday.

“[The call] was determined to be a hoax … Nikki Haley is not on the island and her son is with her,” the email concluded. The incident was reported to the FBI and other law enforcement for investigation.

The Haley campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

Haley is not the only political official to be targeted in a swatting in the last few months. Police departments have received swatting calls in relation to anti-Trump officials like Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows as well as pro-Trump candidates like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

One notable incident involved Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) on Dec. 28, when a man called the Naples Police Department.

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“I caught my wife sleeping with another dude, so I took my AR-15, and I shot her in the head three times,” he told the police. Officers visited the home and determined the call was a hoax due to Scott not being home at the time of the call.

There have been at least 27 swatting incidents involving politicians and government officials since November 2023, according to Reuters.