Police recently swarmed Garcelle Beauvais’ residence following a false report from a 911 caller. The caller said he was her ex-boyfriend and possessed a shotgun.
According to PEOPLE, the caller refused to meet the police at the Porter Ranch home. After checking out the home, officers discovered no man and no shotgun was at the residence.
“Authorities have not confirmed if Beauvais was home when the LAPD arrived.
Law enforcement officers stated that Beauvais was the victim of a “swatting” incident.
”Swatting is a malicious act that can involve placing false emergency calls to emergency responders. Often reporting a (false) severe, ongoing crisis at a specific location,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “The goal of swatting is to provoke a significant law enforcement response, creating chaos and potentially resulting in violence.”
Beauvais Is Past Victim Of Swatting
An anonymous caller targeted Beauvais’ beach house in a similar incident back in the summer of 2025. She spoke of the incident in an October 2025 appearance on the Sirius XM show Radio Andy’s Smith Sisters Live.
“We’re having a great time. I had them from Thursday on. So by Saturday afternoon, I’m like, you know what? Everybody’s got to go. We’re going to go back home because if I don’t leave, they’re not leaving,” Beauvais recalled. “We’re packing up and we’re all going home. Tell your parents to pick you up, whoever’s not driving. So we get back to our house, and my phone is blowing up.”
“I looked, and it’s my neighbor, and she goes, our street is shut down. There were FBI cars in front of your house,” she continued. “And she goes, they want your number. And being Black, I’m like “Don’t give them my number.”
Beauvais explained how she didn’t know what swatting was.
“So about 20 minutes later, she calls me this time, and she said that my house was swatted,” Beauvais said. “But I didn’t even know what that was, so I called Jaid, and I go, ‘What is swatting?’”
“And he’s like, ‘Mom, they do it to YouTubers or streamers. Somebody calls and says, there’s something crazy at your house. So the FBI shows up, I have video of, like, rifles with lights on them,’ Beauvais said.