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Post by Lone Wanderer on Dec 30, 2017 0:04:28 GMT
Sources: -- Call of Duty Swatting Incident Results in Death-- The 28-year-old was shot and killed when he answered his doorA 28 year old father of two is now dead because of swatting – a “prank” where police are tricked into sending a SWAT team in on someone, usually a livestreamer, based on false information. Andrew Finch of Wichita, Kansas was shot and killed by police on the night of December 28 after he was the victim of a swatting prank that was seemingly perpetuated by two Call of Duty: WW2 players who were angry with each other after losing a wager match that had $1.50 on the line.Details on the incident remain somewhat unclear at the time of this writing, but the sequence of events appears to be as follows. Teammates began arguing after losing a real money wager match in Call of Duty: WW2, and threatened each other with swatting. An incorrect address was then supplied to police, and Andrew Finch, who had nothing to do with the wager match at all, was shot and killed after answering his door. According to Lisa Finch, Andrew’s mother, police were told that there was an ongoing hostage situation at the Finch household. It’s unclear at this point why police shot Andrew after he willingly opened the door, as he was unarmed and there were apparently no firearms in the house at all. Police are still investigating the incident and the person who made the call has yet to be publicly identified. If caught, they may face significantly more jail time than they would otherwise for causing Andrew Finch’s death. This latest incident makes it clearer than ever before that swatting is a serious crime that can have horrific consequences. However, as unfortunate as it may be, we don’t see Andrew Finch’s death deterring future criminals from swatting their victims. After all, these individuals are clearly not concerned with the consequences of their actions, or else they wouldn’t participate in such a dangerous “prank” to begin with.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Dec 30, 2017 0:11:43 GMT
I correctly understood ?? ))
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Post by Lone Wanderer on Dec 30, 2017 0:20:11 GMT
I correctly understood ?? )) Yeah man Read the details and the bold part. A prank in CoD led to death of an innocent man, a 28-yo father. It's really sad...
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Post by Διαμονδ on Dec 30, 2017 0:23:13 GMT
In truth, such cases are not rare! Sad I've read before about the more tragic and scary case due to computer games!
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Post by Lone Wanderer on Dec 30, 2017 0:30:39 GMT
In truth, such cases are not rare! I've read before about the more tragic and scary case due to computer games! Popular video games like CoD have considerable number of toxic players. Encountering a toxic community is not odd or strange in many multi-player games.
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Post by Διαμονδ on Dec 30, 2017 0:33:21 GMT
Well, I read about the RPG! I himself was a big RPG fan, including online.
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Post by unorigional on Dec 30, 2017 3:19:42 GMT
As stupid as these pranks are. It says much more about the militarization of the police in the US.
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Post by Elizabeth on Dec 30, 2017 3:32:38 GMT
The person who made the call? What about the guy who shot him when he willingly opened the door and had no weapons. Police are not allowed to shoot. Put them behind bars please. Frick. Don't open door to police anymore or you get shot.
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Post by wyattearp on Jan 1, 2018 10:28:32 GMT
This swatting issue is becoming more and more of a problem. Especially to the online Twitch and Gaming communities.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2018 14:17:58 GMT
//who were angry with each other after losing a wager match that had $1.50 on the line.//
Wait, wait, wait.
The two guys were angry at each other, and they created this incident on the person who was stranger?
Were they smoking weeds or what
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