On December 28, 2017, a fatal swatting incident occurred in Wichita, Kansas, United States. During an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted. Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him.
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- Caso de swatting de Wichita de 2017 (es)
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| - On December 28, 2017, a fatal swatting incident occurred in Wichita, Kansas, United States. During an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted. Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him. (en)
- El caso de swatting de Wichita de 2017 fue un evento de swatting ocurrido el 28 de diciembre de 2017 en Wichita, Kansas. Tyler Barriss, un residente 25 años de Los Ángeles, llamó a la policía para informar falsamente un crimen violento en curso, debido a un desacuerdo sobre una apuesta de US$1.50 en el videojuego Call of Duty: WWII. Andrew Finch, de 28 años, vivía en la dirección dada por Barriss, y la policía de Wichita le disparó fatalmente en el porche de su casa. Ninguno de los policías en la escena eran miembros del equipo táctico SWAT de la policía capacitados para manejar situaciones de rehenes. La policía dijo que Finch no era el objetivo previsto del golpe y no estaba involucrado en el juego Call of Duty. La persona que llamó declaró que el sospechoso había disparado y asesinado (es)
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| - Wichita, Kansas, United States (en)
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* Casey Viner (en)
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*Involuntary manslaughter
*False information and hoaxes
*Cyberstalking resulting in death
*Making threats of death or damage to property by fire
*Interstate threat
*Conspiracy to make false reports
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*Obstruction of justice
*Conspiracy to obstruct justice (en)
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| - On December 28, 2017, a fatal swatting incident occurred in Wichita, Kansas, United States. During an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted. Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him. Barriss pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and many other charges from unrelated incidents for which he was wanted. In March 2019, Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Viner was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and 2 years supervised release for his involvement, while Gaskill was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Rapp was not charged for Finch's death. (en)
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