text: A 911 call reporting a shooting at an Upstate college brought out law enforcement in full force Tuesday morning and now an employee is charged, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. 
   
   The call shortly after 10 a.m. reported shots fired at Virginia College on Warren H. Aber nathy Boulevard in west Spartanburg. 
   
   Click here to listen to the 911 call 
   
   The Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene with multiple patrol cars and deputies, and they quickly determined that the 911 call was an April Fool's joke. 
   
   Sheriff Chuck Wright said that 15 to 20 of his deputies had responded at "breakneck speed" because they were picturing something "like another Columbine." 
   
   "There's like 20 something cops all the sudden. We were just like, 'Holy cow. What's going on?'"' said Stacy Hirsch, who was in the grocery store parking lot next door. "They were just jumping right out of the cars and running straight in. 
   
   According to an incident report, Angela Timmons sent a text message to her daughter about hearing shots fired in the school. 
   
   When the daughter's followup text didn't get a response, she called 911 to report the shooting. 
   
   "She was calling to make sure that mama is not being slaughtered, pretty much," said Wright. "If my mom called and said there's a shooter inside the school that I'm at, I'd call 911." 
   
   While on the phone with a dispatcher, Timmons' daughter got a text from her mother telling her it was all an April Fool's joke. 
   
   "I'm not very happy about this. I don't mind letting you know about it. I'm not happy at all. That is not a good April Fool's joke," Wright said. "We got deputies that drove very quickly to get over here, without regard for their own life. They go into that school expecting the worst. It just wasn't funny." 
   
   Timmons is facing four charges, disturbing school, aggravated breach of peace, and two counts of unlawful use of telephone. She was released from jail Tuesday night on a personal recognizance bond. 
   
   "It was just a simple joke between my daughters and I, something we do every April Fool's Day," Timmons told WYFF News4's Mike McCormick on Wednesday. "Obviously, if I thought anybody, any harm would come to anyone, or anything would happen where my place of work would be involved I wouldn't have done it. It was a one second prank." 
   
   A student told WYFF News4 that Timmons works in the college's financial aid office. 
   
   “We are very, very disappointed regarding the poor judgment displayed," said Diane Worthington, vice president of marketing for Virginia College. “We apologize to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, first responders, students and staff. We take student safety very seriously, and we are cooperating with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.” 
   
   Worthington would not comment on Timmons' current employment status. 
   
   "I take full responsibility, let me say that. What happened, it was a simple, if you can imagine, a simple prank. I chose in bad judgment, not thinking, I chose the wrong prank given today's times," said Timmons. "I am so apologetic and sorry to my coworkers at Virginia College who were impacted by that pressure or that stress of the moment, but I had no intentions of doing that." 
   
   Timmons said attorneys have been showing up at her home and she does have plans to hire one. 
   
   "I felt like I spent the day being treated like an intense character," said Timmons. "Not taking lightly what happened and what occurred and how they used their resources to rush out, I feel that I could've been treated differently." 
   
   When asked if she was hiring an attorney just to represent her or to take legal action for the way she was treated, Timmons said she couldn't comment. 
   
   ||||| Spartanburg (WHNS) -- Spartanburg County deputies said a woman will be charged after she sent a text message about a shooting at a local college as an April Fools' joke. 
   
   Lt. Tony Ivey with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said they received a call from the woman's daughter after receiving a text message Tuesday morning about a possible shooting at Virginia College. 
   
   According to Ivey, the message said the woman was hiding in a bathroom and heard gunshots. 
   
   He said the daughter called 911 and deputies swarmed the college. Sheriff Chuck Wright said as he was headed to the scene he was prepared to find a serious situation. 
   
   "I'm thinking Columbine High School, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech," he said. 
   
   But as deputies responded, the daughter called back after getting another message from her mom, who said it was an April Fools' joke, according to Ivey. 
   
   Wright said he was thankful it was a joke but was very disappointed at the woman's bad choice. He said no one would think it was a funny joke. 
   
   "Text someone and tell them their tire's flat, that's funny," Wright said. "We're talking about death. It's real. The people of Sandy Hook, when they see this online they're not going to think it's very funny. I don't think it's very funny." 
   
   Wright said his deputies responded to the scene very fast, prepared for anything, prepared to give their lives for someone else only to learn it was a joke. 
   
   He also said the joke was not fair to the college, saying the employee made a bad choice that does not reflect the institution. 
   
   The woman was identified by Wright on Facebook as 54-year-old Angela Timmons of Spartanburg. 
   
   Wright said Timmons has been arrested and will be charged with disturbing schools.
target: – Police in Spartanburg, Va., aren't laughing off a woman's April Fool's "joke" about a shooting in the college where she worked. Police say 54-year-old Angela Timmons sent her daughter a text message to say she was hiding in a bathroom at Virginia College after hearing shots fired; the daughter called 911 after failing to receive a response to a follow-up text and police raced to the scene. "There's like 20-something cops all of the sudden," a witness tells WYFF. "They were just jumping right out of the cars and running straight in." Officers quickly determined there was no threat. The local sheriff says officers responded at "breakneck speed," fearing they would arrive at the scene of another Columbine or Sandy Hook massacre. He says he was glad it turned out to be a joke—though not a funny one. "Text someone and tell them their tire's flat, that's funny," he tells WPTV. "We're talking about death. It's real. The people of Sandy Hook, when they see this online they're not going to think it's very funny. I don't think it's very funny." Timmons faces multiple charges including disturbing schools. She worked in the college's financial aid office, though it's not clear whether she still has a job.