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Someone just swatted Cornell’s Jane Doe.

After online vigilantes doxxed the former Cornell student, someone called the police in Jane Doe’s hometown claiming there had been a shooting at her parents’ house, her attorney told CNN.

“Somebody could have been killed. This has gone too far.”

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