Story Published:
Mar 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM CST
Story Updated:
Mar 19, 2009 at 3:34 PM CST
SPRINGFIELD -- Many people called KY3 News starting about 2:15 p.m. Thursday to say they received this text message on their cellular telephones: "do not go to wal-mart tonight. gang initiation to shoot 3 women. not sure what wal-mart and confirmed on TV."
This message is a hoax. Springfield police know nothing about it. KY3 News did not report it or start the text message.
Snopes.com, which debunks or verifies electronically-spread rumors spread, says this hoax, or a variant of it, has been around since 2005. For more information, click here.
