Source: Politics<\/p>\n
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was targeted in a swatting incident last month, according to media reports Saturday.<\/p>\n
Authorities responded to a false emergency call on Dec. 30 after a man claimed to have shot a woman and threatened to harm himself at Haley\u2019s home in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, records obtained by Reuters<\/a> showed. <\/p>\n Haley and her son were not in town at the time of the incident, according to the reports. Her husband is currently deployed overseas.<\/p>\n Swatting incidents have accompanied a recent rise in threats against political candidates, state officials, and members of the judiciary and legislature.<\/p>\n Haley\u2019s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n