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Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months

Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months

| | Andrew Finch, Casey Viner, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, swatting, Tyler Barriss
An Ohio teen who recruited a convicted serial swatter to fake a distress call that ended in the police shooting an innocent Kansas man in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months ...
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Man Behind Fatal ‘Swatting’ Gets 20 Years

Man Behind Fatal ‘Swatting’ Gets 20 Years

| | Andrew Finch, Casey Viner, fatal swatting, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, swatting, Tyler Barriss, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister
Tyler Barriss, a 26-year-old California man who admitted making a phony emergency call to police in late 2017 that led to the shooting death of an innocent Kansas resident, has been sentenced ...
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Calif. Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Swatting Case, Faces 20+ Years in Prison

| | Andrew Finch, Call of Duty, Casey Viner, justice department, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, Stephen McAllister, swatting, swautistic, Tyler Barriss
A California man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing dozens of swatting attacks -- including a deadly incident in Kansas last year -- now faces 20 or more years in prison ...
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3 Charged In Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack

3 Charged In Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack

| | A Little Sunshine, Andrew Finch, Associated Press, Call of Duty, Casey S. Viner, Cosmo the God, Eric Taylor, fatal swatting, Mir Islam, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane M. Gaskill, swautistic, Tyler Barriss
Federal prosecutors have charged three men with carrying out a deadly hoax known as "swatting," in which perpetrators call or message a target's local 911 operators claiming a fake hostage situation or ...
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