What's your wildest autocorrect experience? Someone in the Pittsburgh area has a new one . . . after their autocorrected text led to a MAJOR active shooter threat on Friday afternoon.
According to reports, someone at work downtown sent someone else a text that said, "Firearm." Then, they apparently stopped checking their phone, so the other person became very concerned and called 911.
The police rushed to the scene, believing there could be an active shooter. They evacuated the building . . . blocked off portions of several streets . . . and put nearby schools and apartments on lockdown.
Police searched the area for two hours . . . but it eventually turned out to be a misunderstanding. The person's text message meant to say "fire alarm," but it was autocorrected to "firearm."
It's unclear what the "fire alarm" was all about, since that ALSO seems like a scary message to send without any follow-ups.
(WXPI) (Here's video of the explanation from a Pittsburgh police rep.) Image © 2022 Getty Images