Lil Wayne and FOUR others left DEAD after Shooting at his home

On March 11, 2015 reports of a shooting at the home of US rapper Lil Wayne began appearing online. The Twitterverse lit up with the shooting rumours as did other social media channels.

A heavily armed police team attended the scene after police received a phone call claiming that 4 people had been shot at the star's home.

However, it has now been revealed that the shooting report was a hoax. Attending police found no evidence of any shooting. Lil Wayne was not home at the time of the supposed incident. 

Miami Beach Police confirmed that the incident was a hoax via Twitter, noting:

MBPD handles all calls of this nature in a serious manner . In this case it appears to have be a hoax @ #LiLWaynes home . #Swatting

Police have labelled the incident as an example of 'swatting', a very dangerous prank in which people falsely report a violent crime in progress as a means of triggering a major police response.