Active Shooter at Fairhope Walmart a Hoax
By: Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
December 16, 2025
FAIRHOPE, Ala. Another “Swatting” Incident occurred in our area on Monday.
The Fairhope police received a call about an active shooter inside the Walmart Store located at County Road 48 and State Highway 181.
Law enforcement responded to the area and cleared the store.
After a thorough investigation, police found that there were no active shooters and no threat to the public.
The store was allowed to continue their business.
Police are investigating this incident and if the person who made the false call is identified, criminal charges could be forthcoming.
At this time there is no indication that this incident was related to a similar incident in the Whitehouse Forks area that occurred last week where a person called 911 saying that they had shot their father after being abused.
“Swatting” refers to the action or practice of making a prank call to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address.
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