MARINE CITY, MI (FOX 2) - Just before 6:20 p.m. Sunday evening police were called to a building in downtown Marine City, for a person claiming to have taken hostages.
After about two hours of investigating, and further phone calls where the caller claimed to have killed one of the hostages, police concluded that the incident was likely a "swatting" call.
Swatting is a phenomenon that has been going on for several years all over the country, when someone calls the police and claims a major crime is happening at an address where the people at that address are unaware.
As of 10 p.m. the building still wasn't fully cleared, but police said they had not found any evidence of a hostage situation having taken place. Law enforcement was working to still clear the building.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.