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An argument between two competitive Call of Duty players has lead to a man being killed by police in Kansas after authorities were incorrectly informed he was holding someone hostage.
It is being reported across the competitive CoD community that a $2 wager match on the evening of Thursday December 28th descended into two team mates arguing with each other after losing the match, and threatening each other to be swatted.
Swatting is a common high risk hoax that involves calling the police and advising there is a situation taking place at an address. The hoax is often one that authorities will take extremely seriously, sending heavily armored personnel to an address in order to deal with the situation. In this instance, it appears to have got an innocent man killed.
The two CoD players reportedly got into an argument over a small money loss on UMG’s wager platform online (view match) and threatened to swat each other, with one of the players sending the other incorrect details of an address nearby to a known swatter, who was reportedly responsible for the CWL Dallas bomb hoax evacuations.
A local news website in Kansas has reported that the Wichita police were responding to a homicide and hostage situation, and when a 28 year old man answered the door, the officer in attendance discharged his weapon. The man was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead.
CoD pro player Chris ‘Parasite’ Duarte shared this Tweet that explained the situation in more detail.
The two players reportedly involved, Miruhcle and Baperizer, have removed themselves from Twitter.
What will happen next is unclear, however with an innocent man gunned down because of a fake threat, the police are expected to investigate and prosecute those involved.
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Family identifies the man fatally shot by a Wichita police officer Thursday night as 28-year-old Andrew Thomas Finch.
Questions remain regarding the circumstances that led up to the heavy police response and the shooting at the home near McCormick and Seneca. Police Thursday night indicated further information would be available on Friday.
Eyewitness News has seen a Twitter exchange where users claim what happened at the southwest Wichita home was a "swatting incident."
"Swatting is where someone contacts police and makes up a false report in order to get a SWAT team to respond to another person's address.
At Thursday night's police briefing, Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Livingston was asked whether this was a "swatting" incident or a prank.
"We don't know, but obviously detectives will look into that angle," Livingston said.
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Update: Wichita police say one man is dead after a Wichita Police Department officer shot him on a call Thursday evening at a home near McCormick and Seneca in southwest Wichita.
The 28-year-old man died from his injuries at a local hospital, WPD Deputy Chief Troy Livingston says.
Livingston says the case began about 6:18 p.m. when officers responded to a report that a man had shot and killed his father in an argument and was holding his family hostage.
On the call, Livingston says police prepared for a hostage situation and an officer shot the 28-year-old when he came to the door.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he died, Livingston says.
Police say the man shot by an officer was the only person injured at the home. The reports of a father being fatally shot prior to police arrival proved false.
Livingston did not say if the 28-year-old man had a gun. He says the officer who shot the man is a seven-year veteran with the Wichita Police Department.
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Two people are critically injured in a shooting in west Wichita.
It happened a little before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of West McCormick, near McCormick and Seneca.
Police have traffic blocked near the scene and people are asked to avoid the area of McCormick and Seneca.
We have a crew near the scene to gather further information once it's available.
