Swatting Incident Thwarted as Police Respond to Reports of Gunshots Fired Near Home of Amy Coney Barrett in Latest Assassination Attempt Against Conservative Justice

Police late Wednesday night responded to a call for ‘suspicious noise’ thought to be gunshots at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Law enforcement realized it was a swatting call after meeting with Amy Coney Barrett’s security detail.

The call came into Fairfax County police through the non-emergency line.

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Police responded to a call for the sound of gunshots at the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett last night, but quickly realized it was a swatting call and cleared after meeting with her security detail. This is partial police audio, redacted pursuant to media… pic.twitter.com/fKKSTAVR6F

— Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) May 28, 2026

The swatting incident at Amy Coney Barrett’s home is the latest assassination attempt against a conservative Supreme Court Justice.

In June 2022, a California man was arrested near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The man, identified as Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California, reportedly told police he was there to kill Kavanaugh.

The would-be assassin was upset over abortion and guns.

“The attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a disgusting attack against our entire judicial system by a profoundly disturbed individual,” said then-Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

“The Department of Justice will be appealing the woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court, which does not reflect the horrific facts of this case,” she said

“Nicholas Roske will now pay the price for attempting to assassinate a Supreme Court Justice in a violent plot to alter the court’s composition and its rulings,” said FBI Director Kash Patel.

“Violence against federal judges or other public officials is unacceptable and will be met by the full force of the law. The FBI will work aggressively with our law enforcement partners to detect and stop these schemes and protect our nation,” he said.

“Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed—in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice,” GOP Senator Mike Lee said.

“The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years,” he added.

Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed—in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice.

The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years. https://t.co/CTbvUHbcsY

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) May 28, 2026