Cops sent in SWAT team after Lil Wayne hoax

Miami Beach - An apparent hoax summoned a strong police response on Wednesday to the home of rapper Lil Wayne after an unknown caller reported a shooting.

The call came in at 12:40 on a non-emergency line, Miami Beach police spokesperson Ernesto Rodriguez said. The caller claimed four people had been shot at the waterfront home on an exclusive Miami Beach island.

The responding officers, including a heavily armed special police team, found no evidence of a shooting, no victims and no gunman. Rodriguez also said the owner of the home - Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter - was not there at the time.