Swatting has been used among gamers to encourage SWAT teams to descend on an unsuspecting target's home.
A US man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for making a hoax 911 call that led to police shooting an innocent man dead.
Tyler Barriss, 26, told emergency services he had fatally shot his father and was holding the rest of his family hostage as part of a"swatting" prank. Swatting is a form of retaliation which involves falsely reporting a crime so that a massive police response - often involving SWAT teams - is sent to a target's home.The officer who shot the unarmed 28-year-old said he thought he was reaching for a gun because he moved a hand towards his waistband.to a total of 51 federal charges related to fake calls and threats, including a number of bomb hoaxes made to the FBI headquarters, schools and television stations.
The hoax caller admitted calling police from Los Angeles to falsely report a shooting and kidnapping at Mr Finch's Wichita address.
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