swatting

After being hit with a number of charges by the feds last month, notorious swatter Tyler Barriss entered guilty pleas to "count one (making a false report resulting in a death), count two (cyberstalking) and count 12 (conspiracy) of a superseding indictment" in a Witchita, Kansas court. Tyler...

Wired reports that notorious swatter Tyler Barriss was hit with 46 more charges by the feds. After allegedly swatting, and killing, Andrew Finch, Barriss was charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year. Barriss already spent 2 years in jail for false bomb reports, and apparently...

In response to requests, the Seattle Police Department launched a service aimed at protecting residents from swatting attempts. The service page sums up swatting pretty well, calling it a "deliberate and malicious act that creates an environment of fear and unnecessary risk, and in some cases...

The swatting incident that left an innocent Kansas man dead in December 2017 has some new information today. The Associated Press is reporting that the 2 gamers who allegedly helped facilitate the swatting incident that sent police to the home of 28 year old Andrew Finch have plead not guilty...

Back in January we passed on news that Tyler Barriss allegedly made a swatting call that resulted in the death of a person who wasn't even gaming. Mr. Barriss was charged with manslaughter by Kansas authorities and is awaiting trial on the charges. However, that's not all the legal jeopardy that...

KWCH12 had an exclusive interview with Tyler Barriss, AKA SWAuTistic, the 25-year-old serial "swatter" whose phony call to Kansas police resulted in the fatal shooting of Andrew Finch is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter; giving false alarm, notifying emergency services and interfering...

Cageymaru sent this over to me early Friday morning. A man was killed in Kansas, as reported by the The Wichita Eagle, in what seemed to be another Swatting event. At that time there was no hard evidence that pointed towards Swatting, although circumstantial evidence seemed to point to that...