For years, “swatting” has been a vicious prank played on video game streamers, and it was only a matter of time before someone died as a result.
Thursday night, a Wichita SWAT team shot a man, Andrew Finch, in his home. Police now believe that the department deployed the team based on a fake tip made by a Twitch streamer.
According to the Wichita Eagle, Police Chief Troy Livingston said a call came in that a family argument had broken out, the father had been shot, and the shooter was holding the rest of the family hostage.
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