ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
Seems there is a new prank that all the kids are getting in on nowadays, it's called "swatting" where someone makes a prank call to 911, tells them about a murder or a kidnapping at a location, and they try to get SWAT sent to the address. It's happened before to Hollyweird types, but now it seems to be moving to the main population.
Only problem is, sometimes like in this case, it can turn deadly. Seems that 2 gamers were fighting over the game Call of Duty, and one got pissed and called SWAT to the other gamers house.
SWAT showed up, and the gamer ended up dead.
Now, in some cases, you would hear me squeaking about the cops shooting an innocent man, but not in this case. Why? Because the dude that SWAT was called to didn't know they were there, and might have made a stupid move. But, you also have to remember that the police were first called because they were told it's a murder. Apparently, this happens about 400 times a year nationwide.
So, when the police start knocking on your door and you don't know why, you might be the victim of a swatting prank.
Police: Hoax call by online gamer led to Wichita police shooting unarmed man
Only problem is, sometimes like in this case, it can turn deadly. Seems that 2 gamers were fighting over the game Call of Duty, and one got pissed and called SWAT to the other gamers house.
SWAT showed up, and the gamer ended up dead.
Now, in some cases, you would hear me squeaking about the cops shooting an innocent man, but not in this case. Why? Because the dude that SWAT was called to didn't know they were there, and might have made a stupid move. But, you also have to remember that the police were first called because they were told it's a murder. Apparently, this happens about 400 times a year nationwide.
So, when the police start knocking on your door and you don't know why, you might be the victim of a swatting prank.
Police: Hoax call by online gamer led to Wichita police shooting unarmed man