A Texas teen was sentenced Tuesday in an Okaloosa County courtroom to four years in the Department of Corrections followed by five years of probation for his role in a 2023 swatting incident at Baker School.
- Camryn Gulley of Mansfield, Texas, was connected to Baker teen Landyn Whittington, who was involved in multiple swatting incidents across several states, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
On Nov. 3, 2023, police received an 8:46 a.m. call claiming an armed person was preparing to carry out a mass shooting at Baker School. The threat prompted officials to lock down nearby Crestview High and other area schools as a precaution.
Sheriff Eric Aden previously described the hoax call as prompting a “massive, immediate, and intense” response by law enforcement and other first responders.
Investigators traced the call to a residence in Mansfield, Texas, and conducted an interview with Gulley, who was 14 at the time. Information extracted from his cellphone directed focus toward Whittington as the requestor and indicated the two teens were connected through online gaming and their mutual participation in a swatting group.
- The group is believed to be responsible for numerous swatting attacks in the U.S. and Canada and pays members to make hoax emergency calls using cryptocurrency, according to investigators.
Whittington, who was also 14 at the time of the Baker School incident, was sentenced last July to four years in state prison followed by two years of probation. He had been tied to additional swatting calls in New Jersey, Arizona, Indiana and Texas.
