Cornell Jane Doe was swatted after a false 911 call reported a shooting at her home

The woman known as Jane Doe in the Cornell fraternity sexual-assault case was the target of a swatting call this week, her lawyer says.

Attorney Thomas Giuffra said heavily armed officers responded to her home Tuesday night. A person calling 911 claimed a man had shot his mother and then turned a gun on his sister and gave police her address. The report was false.

What officers found

The family says the police report shows the first officer on scene spotted a car backing down the driveway. Two men in the car were briefly taken into custody. Both were let go once officers learned they were her brother and her boyfriend.

Another person came to the front door identifying himself as the father and saying his daughter is Jane Doe in the Cornell case. He told the officer the family had been threatened by numerous unknown people.

Giuffra said Doe's brother put his hands up while her boyfriend was put on the ground. He said guns were pointed at her father and that a wrong move could have ended with someone dead.

The wider threat picture

The swatting followed Jane Doe's claim that she and her family have received death threats urging her to drop her civil suit. Dispatch audio tied to the call later indicated officers determined nothing was going on.