Matrix Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 The $1.50 bet on Call of Duty that led to an innocent man's death In brief: ‘Swatting’ is the practice of making a hoax call to the emergency services in order to trick them into turning up at another person’s address. It’s a tactic the FBI have known about for more than a decade. Wichita resident Andrew Finch tragically lost his life due to swatting in 2017, but justice has now been served as the hoaxer has been sentenced to 20 years. Fifteen months after the most infamous instance of ‘swatting’ drew the world’s attention to the practice, Tyler Barriss – the man who made the hoax call – has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. On December 28 2017, two men’s $1.50 wager on Call of Duty: WWII escalated to the point of tragedy. Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill had been playing on the same team when an argument about friendly-fire culminated in Viner threatening to ‘swat’ Gaskill. Gaskill tauntingly provided an address, but unbeknownst to Viner, it was a previous home. Viner contacted Tyler Barriss – known online as “SWAuTistic” – and provided the address he thought was Gaskill’s. Barriss informed 911 that he had fatally shot his father and was holding other family members hostage – prompting a swift armed response from the Wichita police. Andrew Finch was the current resident of the address given. He opened the door having heard a commotion outside, only to be fatally shot by Officer Justin Rapp. Now, according to Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren has sentenced Barriss to 20 years, under a deal where Barriss pleaded guilty to 51 federal charges for fake calls and bomb threats. It’s the longest sentence ever reported following ‘swatting’. Viner and Gaskill, the two original players, have each been charged as co-conspirators, but have not yet been sentenced. But Sedgwick County District Attourney Marc Bennett has said that Justin Rapp, who shot the unarmed Finch, will not be prosecuted. He said, “I am very much sympathetic to the Finch family, but at the end of the day my determination has to be in what the law allows.” View Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 20 years should have been just the starting point. he should have got life plus a day if you are wondering what the plus a day is... he don't get out till 24 hours AFTER he dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted March 30, 2019 Administrator Share Posted March 30, 2019 Online arguments, also in online gaming sometimes can cross lines, but people need to remember that finally it's just online gaming, nothing else, so never get way too sincere or personal about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 hour ago, dMog said: 20 years should have been just the starting point. he should have got life plus a day if you are wondering what the plus a day is... he don't get out till 24 hours AFTER he dies I recommend a life plus a week in case he could fake his death by taking some drugs that influence low heart beat. Some people do get corrupted when they have a taste for power, they will certainly abuse it and get too well personal. In this case, they can fake a call and sent some armed fbi/police team to do the pestering, or in this event "the killing", in their behalf. It is also very clear that the "standard" has now been set way "too low" just for anyone to believe they are qualified to report one which requires extreme measures as the armed fbi/police will be cautioned to fire at anyone they see moving on that site without confirmation that the report was factual and true, that he was armed, and is the perpetrator and not as one of the victim. Oh well! Our opinion doesn't matter here anyway, as this is what the judge said a bench trial, unless this is a jury trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, DKT27 said: Online arguments, also in online gaming sometimes can cross lines, but people need to remember that finally it's just online gaming, nothing else, so never get way too sincere or personal about it. I recall years ago some guy got mad playing online, got in his car and drove 3 days to attempt a burn don of the house of the guy who beat him on the game. Now that guy had a hard time letting go of anger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbada Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 and guess who got paid leave and keep he's job. any who a shooting of a 9 year old girl three days later by officer dexter betts, the officer was trying to shoot a 40 pound eng bull terrier named chevy in the head missed and bullet shrapnel hit the girl in the eye, His employment with WPD ended Jan. 25. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article213106114.html ain't it just beta justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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