TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Indiana State Sen. Greg Goode was targeted in a "swatting" incident Sunday evening, hours after President Donald Trump publicly criticized him over opposition to redistricting efforts.

The Vigo County Sheriff's Office said an email was sent to police around 5 p.m. claiming people had been harmed inside Goode's southeastern Vigo County home. Deputies responded but found all residents "secure, safe, and unharmed." Investigators determined the email was a prank designed to trigger a large police response.

"A false or prank call of this nature will never be acceptable," the sheriff's office said. "Not only do calls like this waste and reduce resources of deputies serving and protecting other parts of our county, they have a negative impact on the victim and their families a

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