Rensselaer Police surrounded a home on Wednesday for what they thought was a person who shot his family, but actually was a false “swatting” call.

Officers from multiple police agencies responded to a residence on the 2000 block of 10^th Street around 9:45 p.m. for a report of a person who had barricaded himself in his residence after a shooting, Rensselaer Police said.

After interviewing people at the scene, the nature of the call was deemed to be a swatting incident. Someone was playing a video game and the person on the other end of the call falsely reported a shooting, according to police.

Investigators are still trying to determine who made the call.

Police said these false incidents continue to be on the rise and pose a very dangerous threat.