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Michigan City Police investigating swatting incident at Walmart store

(Jon Zimney/95.3 MNC)

Michigan City’s Walmart returned to normal operations after a bomb threat turned out to be a swatting call.

Police responded to the Walmart Supercenter on Franklin Street and, with help from the Porter County Bomb Squad and LaPorte County Sheriff’s K9 team, found no danger.

Investigators later confirmed the call was a swatting incident and continue to look into who made it.

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1 comment

Lenny November 30, 2025 at 2:00 pm

The only reason I can think of why someone might do this is to draw everyone’s attention away so they can do some massive shoplifting.

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