Sheriff Derek Fell said deputies were dispatched around 5 p.m. on Sunday after Terre Haute police received an email advising harm had been done to persons inside a home, located in southeastern Vigo County. Officers struggled to make contact at first, Fell said, but eventually confirmed the residents, including the senator, were safe. Goode and his family were secure, safe, and unharmed, Fell said, adding that an investigation showed the threat was a hoax, also known as swatting.
Stephen Falco's sermon included inflammatory language, claiming that 'sodomites' threaten children and stating, 'You ought to blow yourself in the head in the back of the head.'