WEST LAFAYETTE An Indiana state senator was targeted in a swatting attempt at his home, just days after another legislator faced a similar attack.

State Sen. Spencer Deery (R-West Lafayette) released a statement saying local law enforcement successfully thwarted the dangerous prank.

"This morning local law enforcement thwarted an attempted swatting attack on me and my family," Deery said in a statement released Thursday. "At about 8 a.m. I was notified that dispatch had received a report of domestic abuse at my address and that there would be a threat of violence to any officers who responded."

Deery praised the West Lafayette Police Department for recognizing the false report and responding appropriately without endangering his family or neighborhood children who were preparing to boar

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