Tennessee Man Died After He Was ‘Swatted’ by People Targeting His Twitter Handle
By Steve Helling | People
A Tennessee man died last year after being targeted by a "swatting" call by someone who wanted him to give up his Twitt ...
Man Who Made Fatal ‘Swatting’ Hoax Call Pleads Guilty To 51 Charges
By Emily Sullivan, NPR
Tyler Barriss, 26, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making a false report resulting in a death, after he placed a hoax call late ...
Man Gets Year in Prison for ‘Swatting’
By Debbie Encalada | Complex
Swatting, for those unfamiliar, is when people call law enforcement to report a fake emergency to get SWAT deployed to a ...
‘Call Of Duty’ Swatting Hoax On Long Island Caused By Game’s Loser, Police Say
By Ed Mazza | The Huffington Post
A police SWAT team descended on a Long Island, N.Y., home Tuesday under the belief that a teen had shot and kille ...
