OKC family's fake story about toddler dialing 911, prompting SWAT response gets millions of views
While it's an entertaining story, it's completely fake
While it's an entertaining story, it's completely fake
While it's an entertaining story, it's completely fake
An Oklahoma City metro family's video is getting millions of views on TikTok after telling a fake story claiming that their toddler caused a SWAT team response.
Late Wednesday night, the family posted a nearly 5 1/2-minute video on TikTok saying their 1-year-old toddler accidentally "dialed" 911, causing a SWAT team to respond to their home. As of Thursday afternoon, the video has more than 5 million views and almost 8,000 comments.
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In the video, the father points to what appears to be a news story titled "Swat team deployed after Oklahoma toddler dials 911" before going into the details of what supposedly happened.
He said he was playing Fortnite with his headphones on when his toddler came into the room and started playing with his phone. At some point, the phone made an emergency 911 call.
During the alleged 911 call, the operator could hear him talking about what was going on in the game, with him saying "He's D-E-AD. No. I got him. Come back to the house and we'll wait for the body."
"What you guys are hearing right there is me winning at a video game. I mean, I was playing great," he said to the video's viewers. "But what the 911 operator is hearing is me committing multiple crimes and planning to commit another one."
He then claims that he heard his wife yelling about someone trying to break into the house. So, he allegedly ran to the living room and heard a loud banging at the door as well as someone saying, "Oklahoma City Police Department. Unlock the door, and back away from the door."
After the SWAT team allegedly entered and searched the house, he claims he spoke with a detective who told him that they were checking out a reported disturbance. He says in the fake story that the detective then showed him the 911 call notes, which detailed what he was saying while playing Fortnite.
The father then says he checked his phone, seeing that 911 had somehow been called. They determined that the toddler had accidentally called police.
While it's an entertaining story, it's completely fake.
Oklahoma City Police Department officials told KOCO 5 that their SWAT team did not respond to an incident matching what was described in the video. We also confirmed that the alleged news story shown was fabricated.
KOCO 5 Reporter Dacoda Wahpekeche reached out to the owner of the TikTok account, who said that "the video is satire" and reiterated that it's fictional.
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