Police in west suburban Lombard were investigating on Saturday afternoon after a “swatting call” led to a large police presence at the Yorktown Center shopping mall, authorities said.
In a Facebook post, the village of Lombard said at around 4:10 p.m., the Lombard Police Department and surrounding law enforcement agencies responded to a report of a possibly armed individual at the mall.
Officers arrived and determined the threat wasn’t credible and no threat to the public existed.
The incident was under investigation as a “swatting call,” police said.
Less than two weeks earlier, a report of suspcious person at the mall prompted a heavy police presence. Approximately one hour after the initial report on April 23, village officials said the report was “unfounded,” and that normal mall operations had resumed.