UPDATED 7:30 p.m.: The massive police operation that took place at the Ubisoft building in Montreal this afternoon — to deal with a reported hostage situation involving an active shooter — appears to have been a hoax, or an instance of “swatting.”
Following a 911 call about armed intruders making ransom demands in the building that houses the French video game company, the SPVM and a heavily armed tactical unit appeared on the scene around 1:30 p.m., only to find no hostage situation, suspects or weapons. Over 20 people, reportedly Ubisoft employees, were on the roof of the building for several hours. The building was subsequently evacuated.
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