ST. PAUL, Minn. – At least eight hoax school shooting calls were made to police dispatchers statewide Tuesday, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension reported. The calls were from a a voice-over internet source and likely from the same person. the Bureau said. The calls, all before noon, were to police dispatch centers in Austin, Albert Lea, Alexandria, Bemidji, Brainerd, Crookston and Duluth. Two were in Duluth. Last year the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension logged 27 hoax shooting calls, 17 of which were on a single day in September.
