A Los Angeles man whose online gaming wars led him to call in a “Swatting” phone call on a Wichita, Kansas man and caused his death has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
Swatting is an online gamer practice of calling police and claiming a crime is in progress at a location, causing authorities to show up at the victim’s house.
Tyler Barriss had previously caused the Kabc-tv studios to be briefly evacuated after calling in a similar scare. But in the Wichita case, Andrew Finch, the innocent victim of the call, answered the door and spooked police by failing to comply with their orders, causing them to shoot him dead.
Barriss confessed to similar swatting calls in California and Washington, DC. In the Wichita incident, he pleaded guilty to a count of making a false report resulting in a death, a count of cyberstalking, and a count of conspiracy.
Swatting is an online gamer practice of calling police and claiming a crime is in progress at a location, causing authorities to show up at the victim’s house.
Tyler Barriss had previously caused the Kabc-tv studios to be briefly evacuated after calling in a similar scare. But in the Wichita case, Andrew Finch, the innocent victim of the call, answered the door and spooked police by failing to comply with their orders, causing them to shoot him dead.
Barriss confessed to similar swatting calls in California and Washington, DC. In the Wichita incident, he pleaded guilty to a count of making a false report resulting in a death, a count of cyberstalking, and a count of conspiracy.
- 3/29/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Barriss, the 26-year-old gamer who inadvertently swatted a Kansas man as a result of a dispute while playing Call Of Duty: WWII, which resulted in that man’s death at the hands of police, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.
In December 2017, Los Angeles-based Barriss inadvertently made a swatting call against a 28-year-old Kansas father named Andrew Finch over a Call Of Duty match with a $1.50 wager. Barriss had intended to swat another player, but gave authorities an outdated address. (Swatting refers to a false report of a serious threat that triggers an aggressive response by law enforcement). When police arrived at Finch’s home, they shot him -- marking the first fatal swatting to date in the U.S., according to The Wichita Eagle.
In addition to the fatal Kansas call, Barriss also subsequently pleaded guilty to 51 charges of other bomb threats and swatting calls made across the U.
In December 2017, Los Angeles-based Barriss inadvertently made a swatting call against a 28-year-old Kansas father named Andrew Finch over a Call Of Duty match with a $1.50 wager. Barriss had intended to swat another player, but gave authorities an outdated address. (Swatting refers to a false report of a serious threat that triggers an aggressive response by law enforcement). When police arrived at Finch’s home, they shot him -- marking the first fatal swatting to date in the U.S., according to The Wichita Eagle.
In addition to the fatal Kansas call, Barriss also subsequently pleaded guilty to 51 charges of other bomb threats and swatting calls made across the U.
- 3/29/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Tyler Barriss, who notoriously perpetrated a swatting hoax that resulted in the death of a Kansas man named Andrew Finch, has pleaded guilty to 51 charges in federal court, and is expected to spend at least 20 years in prison for a variety of charges.
Last December, as a result of dispute with fellow Call Of Duty: WWII gamers Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill over a match with a $1.50 wager, Barriss was dared by Viner to make a swatting call against Gaskill -- or a false report of a serious threat triggering an aggressive response by law enforcement. Gaskill had given Barriss an old address, however, and when police arrived at the home, they shot Finch -- a 28-year-old father of two -- after he arrived at the door.
As part of his plea deal, Barriss has pleaded guilty to a total of 51 charges, Engadget reports, including numerous other bomb threats across the United States and Canada.
Last December, as a result of dispute with fellow Call Of Duty: WWII gamers Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill over a match with a $1.50 wager, Barriss was dared by Viner to make a swatting call against Gaskill -- or a false report of a serious threat triggering an aggressive response by law enforcement. Gaskill had given Barriss an old address, however, and when police arrived at the home, they shot Finch -- a 28-year-old father of two -- after he arrived at the door.
As part of his plea deal, Barriss has pleaded guilty to a total of 51 charges, Engadget reports, including numerous other bomb threats across the United States and Canada.
- 11/15/2018
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
A federal grand jury indicted two men whose argument over a game of “Call of Duty: WWII” led to a swatting and fatal shooting last year in Wichita, Kan.
According to a 29-page indictment unsealed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, faces charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to make a false report, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Shane Gaskill, 19, of Wichita, faces charges of obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and wire fraud. Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles, who has already been charged at the state level for manslaughter in connection with the phony 911 call police say he made, faces federal charges of making a false reports to emergency services, cyberstalking, making interstate threats, making interstate threats to harm by fire, wire fraud, and conspiracy to make false reports.
The charges, in part,...
According to a 29-page indictment unsealed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Casey Viner, 18, of North College Hill, Ohio, faces charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to make a false report, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Shane Gaskill, 19, of Wichita, faces charges of obstruction of justice, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and wire fraud. Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles, who has already been charged at the state level for manslaughter in connection with the phony 911 call police say he made, faces federal charges of making a false reports to emergency services, cyberstalking, making interstate threats, making interstate threats to harm by fire, wire fraud, and conspiracy to make false reports.
The charges, in part,...
- 5/24/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
A Los Angeles man admitted to police that he placed a faked emergency call to 911 operators last year that led to a fatal police-involved shooting in Witchita, Kansas, an L.A. police detective testified in a Kansas court Tuesday, the Witchita Eagle reports.
Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, was charged last year with involuntary manslaughter, giving false alarm, and interference with law-enforcement officers. He was extradited to Kansas from California. In his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, the judge in the case ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hold Barriss for trial.
Wichita police say Barriss made a fake phone call to authorities on Dec. 28 after an argument over a small wager on a “Call of Duty” match. The person he argued with allegedly gave Barriss a false address, which Barriss used to lead police to the home of 28-year-old Andrew Finch. Finch was shot and killed by police when he came to the door.
Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, was charged last year with involuntary manslaughter, giving false alarm, and interference with law-enforcement officers. He was extradited to Kansas from California. In his preliminary hearing on Tuesday, the judge in the case ruled that there was sufficient evidence to hold Barriss for trial.
Wichita police say Barriss made a fake phone call to authorities on Dec. 28 after an argument over a small wager on a “Call of Duty” match. The person he argued with allegedly gave Barriss a false address, which Barriss used to lead police to the home of 28-year-old Andrew Finch. Finch was shot and killed by police when he came to the door.
- 5/23/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
The police officer who fatally shot a man standing on his Wichita, Kans., porch after a bogus 911-call to the police department drew officers there will not be criminally charged, the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday. But the Da added that the shooting should not have happened and noted that the investigation only weighs potential criminal charges, not civil liability or potential police department policy violations.
In making his determination, District Attorney Marc Bennett concluded that the officer who fired the single fatal shot from his rifle believed that Andrew Finch, 28, had drawn a gun from his waistband and was raising it to shoot at officers who thought they were responding to a deadly hostage situation.
But almost everything that the officer later told investigators he believed he saw and was responding to wasn’t the case, according to the investigative report released to Variety by the Da’s office Thursday.
In making his determination, District Attorney Marc Bennett concluded that the officer who fired the single fatal shot from his rifle believed that Andrew Finch, 28, had drawn a gun from his waistband and was raising it to shoot at officers who thought they were responding to a deadly hostage situation.
But almost everything that the officer later told investigators he believed he saw and was responding to wasn’t the case, according to the investigative report released to Variety by the Da’s office Thursday.
- 4/12/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
An inmate awaiting trial on a 2017 involuntary manslaughter case in which he is accused of making a fake 911 call that led to the shooting death of a Kansas man by a Wichita Swat unit, apparently managed to get on Twitter from jail, where he threatened to swat others, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said. It is unclear if he will face further charges.
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said they were tipped off about Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, posting on social media websites from jail. On April 6 at about 10 a.m., someone began tweeting using one of Barriss’ Twitter accounts: @GoredTutor36.
How am I on the Internet if I'm in jail? Oh, because I'm an eGod, that's how
— Infamy the Lord (@GoredTutor36) April 6, 2018
All right, now who was talking shit? >:)
Your ass is about to get swatted
— Infamy the Lord (@GoredTutor36) April 6, 2018
The sheriff’s office said it launched...
Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said they were tipped off about Tyler Raj Barriss, 25, posting on social media websites from jail. On April 6 at about 10 a.m., someone began tweeting using one of Barriss’ Twitter accounts: @GoredTutor36.
How am I on the Internet if I'm in jail? Oh, because I'm an eGod, that's how
— Infamy the Lord (@GoredTutor36) April 6, 2018
All right, now who was talking shit? >:)
Your ass is about to get swatted
— Infamy the Lord (@GoredTutor36) April 6, 2018
The sheriff’s office said it launched...
- 4/10/2018
- by Brian Crecente
- Variety Film + TV
A man has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a hoax phone call that led to the death of an unarmed man in Wichita, Kansas, according to multiple reports.
ABC 7 reported that the Los Angeles Police Department arrested 25-year-old Tyler Barriss on Friday. Barriss was reportdly arrested on suspicion of having made a false phone call about a shooting and kidnapping that resulted in the death of a man authorities in Wichita identified as Andrew Finch, 28.
On Friday, Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Livingston said that police believed the call was a case of “swatting,” which...
ABC 7 reported that the Los Angeles Police Department arrested 25-year-old Tyler Barriss on Friday. Barriss was reportdly arrested on suspicion of having made a false phone call about a shooting and kidnapping that resulted in the death of a man authorities in Wichita identified as Andrew Finch, 28.
On Friday, Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Livingston said that police believed the call was a case of “swatting,” which...
- 12/30/2017
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
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- 10/19/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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- 10/17/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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