swatting
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Serial Swatter Sentenced To 20 Years For Hoax Call That Led To Police Killing Of Kansas Man
Tyler R. Barriss has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a string of phony emergency calls, one of which was made over a Call of Duty deal and led to police killing an innocent Kansas man.
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Man Charged Over Swatting Death Allegedly Calls Self ‘eGod’, Tweets Swat Threat From Gaol
Tyler Barris is being held by US police on charges of involuntary manslaughter after he allegedly placed a phony emergency call that resulted in the death of another man. But Barris reportedly managed to get access to the internet and proceeded to hop on Twitter, threatening to “swat” again and proclaiming himself an “eGod”.
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Police Kill 28-Year-Old After Prank ‘Swatting’ Call
A 28-year-old man in the US was shot and killed by a Wichita police officer after a reported hostage situation call last night. At a press conference this afternoon, Wichita police said it was a false call meant to draw SWAT officers to the scene, an act known as “swatting”. It appears to have been…
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‘Damn, Daniel’ Teen Gets Swatted
After blowing up the internet with those sweet white Vans, Damn Daniel’s creator has now become the victim of one of the internet’s worst “pranks.”