Federal charges brought against three men involved in deadly Kansas swatting

Federal charges brought against three men involved in deadly Kansas swatting

6 years ago
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https://www.pcgamer.com/federal-charges-brought-against-three-men-involved-in-deadly-kansas-swatting/

Federal charges have been brought against Tyler Barriss, the man who instigated a swatting that led to the killing of a man in late 2018 in Wichita, Kansas. The charges, including making false reports to emergency services, cyberstalking, making interstate threats, and wire fraud, come on top of state-level charges that were filed shortly after the incident. 

Interestingly, federal charges were also brought against the two Call of Duty players who initiated the hoax, Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill. Viner asked Barriss, a known swatter under the name Swautistic, to swat Gaskill over a dispute arising from a Call of Duty match; Gaskill repeatedly and knowingly provided an old address to Barriss, which Barriss used when he called in a false report claiming that someone in the house had murdered one of his parents and was holding the rest of the family hostage.