School shooting scare: Sheboygan Wis. police blames 'irresponsible' blog
Asher Heimermann
Asher Heimermann  who runs the site and who was the target of Domagalski’s pointed remarks  characterized the chief's statement as “character assassination” in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon.
But the rumors made their way onto social media and spread.  Heimermann  said  his  website fielded an “anonymous tip” Tuesday evening pointing to a Facebook post referencing a shooting threat at the school.
 He  said  he ’d also heard chatter that evening on a local emergency radio scanner that a county sheriff’s deputy had been dispatched to investigate reports of a similar-sounding threat. ( His  website Wednesday included a screenshot of a Twitter post allegedly documenting the same dispatch radio statement.)
 Heimermann  said those were  his  only sources before  he  posted a story about an hour later.  He  said  he  sent emails or placed phone calls to officials with the police department  sheriff’s office and school district  but hadn’t received responses before posting the story.
 He  later made contact with a sheriff's official  who on Wednesday confirmed  he  had referred  Heimermann  to city police.
About 30 minutes after the story was posted   Heimermann  said   he  updated the article on the site  this time saying there was no threat to the school  after  he  got a response from police.
Asher Heimermann  who runs the site and who was the target of Domagalski’s pointed remarks  characterized the chief's statement as “character assassination” in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon.
But the rumors made their way onto social media and spread.  Heimermann  said  his  website fielded an “anonymous tip” Tuesday evening pointing to a Facebook post referencing a shooting threat at the school.
 He  said  he ’d also heard chatter that evening on a local emergency radio scanner that a county sheriff’s deputy had been dispatched to investigate reports of a similar-sounding threat. ( His  website Wednesday included a screenshot of a Twitter post allegedly documenting the same dispatch radio statement.)
 Heimermann  said those were  his  only sources before  he  posted a story about an hour later.  He  said  he  sent emails or placed phone calls to officials with the police department  sheriff’s office and school district  but hadn’t received responses before posting the story.
 [TGT]  later made contact with a sheriff's official  who on Wednesday confirmed  [TGT]  had referred  Heimermann  to city police.
About 30 minutes after the story was posted   Heimermann  said   he  updated the article on the site  this time saying there was no threat to the school  after  he  got a response from police.