POINT TOWNSHIP -- People who live on 9th Street in Point Township near Northumberland describe a terrifying scene after someone called 911 to report a shooting on the street.
"It was focused pretty much right on my home and it had me concerned very much that something's wrong. I thought a burglar," Jessica Reichner said.
It turns out there was no emergency.
Police say the call Wednesday night was a hoax, and the house in question was vacant.
Jessica Reichner says police initially focused on her house.
She showed Newswatch 16 the video her surveillance cameras picked up. It shows lots of police cars outside her house. She says police initially told her to stay inside, but then they told her to go outside with her hands up.
"It was very, very intense. A very intense moment to be under gunfire almost in front of your own residence," Reichner said.
The Point Township police chief says as far as the investigation stands, they are pulling all of the 911 tapes and listening to the voices.
The chief says more than one call was made and those calls appear to have come from a fake number. He says that if the caller is caught he could face charges such as false reports to law enforcement, reckless endangerment, and disorderly conduct.
A district attorney from another county estimates possible prison time of four to eight years.
People who live on 9th Street say they hope the person is caught because the incident was so scary.
"We started walking towards them (police). They had their guns drawn on us and stuff like that. It was kind of scary because I've never had any guns drawn on me before," Howard Miller said.
"It's terrifying even though if it was a joke for somebody else, even though it's not for the neighbors. It's not for us," Jennifer Miller said.
The Point Township police chief says it cost emergency crews thousands of dollars to respond to the hoax.
