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. PCMag has published an article late Friday that points to a story behind the event that has not yet been fully verified. The issues with this form of “prank” are far from undocumented, although, if that is what happened here, it is the first time it has resulted in a death. The Wichita Police Department gave a full statement, along with the recorded 911 call and body cam footage late on Friday. It was only a matter of time.



The Call of Duty gaming community also say the whole feud was over a mere $1.50 wager. Allegedly, a person behind the Twitter handle @SWAuTistic initiated the swatting in attempt to harrass [sic] a rival Call of Duty player with the Twitter handle @7aLeNT, who gave out the wrong address.

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