Reports of shooting at Lil Wayne's Miami mansion are a hoax

Earlier Wednesday, local Miami news stations reported that four people had been injured during a shooting at Lil Wayne's home.

But according to the Miami Beach Police Department, it appears the incident was a hoax:

"Swatting" is when someone places a prank emergency call in order to prompt a full force response from cops, and it's been happening a lot to celebrities recently.

Earlier, a Miami Beach spokeswoman said someone called the non-emergency number to say that four people were shot inside the home.

However, Local 10 News reporter Glenna Milberg said there were no emergency vehicles at the scene.

The rapper's record label, Young Money Entertainment, tweeted that Wayne wasn't home at the time of the incident.

TMZ previously noted:"The bizarre report comes 11 days after police raced to the home to check on a report of a suspicious person lurking outside the home. Cops let the guy go because when they arrived he was on public property."

Watch the local livestream below:

SWAT team officials were immediately on the scene.

Check out more photos of the rapper's 9-bedroom, $9.2 million Miami mansion below:

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