WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas woman was arrested last week after she called her daughter to say she’d been shot in what was supposed to be an April Fools’ joke.
“Multiple police units, probably between 15-20 officers from the Wichita Police Department as well as fire department and EMS responded to the scene,” Wichita police Lt. Ronald Hunt said after the daughter called 911 to report the “shooting” — unaware it was a gag, Fox News reported.
Authorities arrived at the scene and surrounded the Wichita home and blocked off nearby streets. Officers deployed with weapons drawn then broke down the door when no one responded, Hunt said. The home was empty.
The woman, identified as Arnthia Willis, 58, was at work at the time. She was arrested Thursday on suspicion of unlawful request for emergency service assistance, police said.
“April Fools’ can be a good, funny little joke in some circumstances” but when it leads to a police response “it’s not funny anymore,” Hunt said.
