'What on earth?' Henrico County, Va., Police's thread about a reported shooting takes an extremely unexpected turn

Over the weekend, the Henrico County Police Department’s Twitter account sent out this tweet about a reported shooting:

#HPDAutoTweet: Henrico Police responding to a report of a shooting near the area of YORK AVE / ROBERTS AVE. Updates provided as needed or when available.

— Henrico Police (@HenricoPolice) May 2, 2020

Today, two days later, they posted an update:

No shooting occurred.

— Henrico Police (@HenricoPolice) May 4, 2020

But wait, there’s more!

It was a gender reveal. Congratulations, it’s a boy! ? pic.twitter.com/6pAkKHV5Ok

— Henrico Police (@HenricoPolice) May 4, 2020

That’s great and all, but we … have questions.

Wait, what… pic.twitter.com/QVhh1rBtfb

— Michael Kelly (@MichaelKellyVA) May 4, 2020

What in the fresh hell?

— Heather RN Demands Action (@winterpersists) May 4, 2020

What on earth?

— vajrpolanalyst (@vajrpolanalyst) May 4, 2020

Some footage of this gender reveal might be helpful. Because we’re having trouble figuring out exactly how a gender reveal could be mistaken for a shooting.

congratulations to the Sam family, and new dad Yosemite! pic.twitter.com/mM3U0cgJ3q

— Brian Chiglinsky (@chiglinsky) May 4, 2020