Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach home in clear after false shooting call

BY JOEY FLECHAS

Updated March 11, 2015 4:08 PM

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2014 file photo, Lil Wayne performs on stage at the 42nd annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles. The is rapper suing the record label Cash Money in New York for $51 million after claiming that it stiffed him for $8 million on a record he delivered. In the federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Lil Wayne’s asking to nullify contracts with the company. The New Orleans-born Lil Wayne says his relationship with the label has been deteriorating over the last four years. Matt Sayles Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

A person who claimed he shot four people at rapper Lil’ Wayne’s Miami Beach home led to a massive police response on Wedneday afternoon.

Uniformed officers, police dogs and a heavily armed SWAT team searched the Lgorce Circle property. They didn’t find anything unusual — and characterized the call as a hoax.

Officer Ernesto Rodriguez told the Miami Herald a call came in on the department’s nonemergency line shortly after 12:45 p.m. Wednesday from a man claiming to have shot four people at the waterfront mansion.

Just before 3 p.m., Rodriguez confirmed that police did not find victims or suspects. Dozens of officers and the SWAT team surrounded the home to investigate.

As talk of the call spread quickly, Young Money Entertainment, Wayne’s record label, tweeted out that he wasn’t home and was fine.

Wayne, whose legal name Dwyane Michael Carter, lives in an eight-bedroom, 10-bath home was most recently assessed at $9.4 million, according to the AP.

It appears that someone may have been “swatting,” or triggering an emergency response from authorities with false claims, Miami Beach police said.

Follow @joeflech on Twitter for updates.

This story was originally published March 11, 2015 at 2:24 PM with the headline "Lil Wayne’s Miami Beach home in clear after false shooting call."

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