# “Swatting” - what the fuck is wrong with people **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584 "2017-12-30T18:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/141 "2019-03-31T08:09:36Z")
because he was going to do twice that in 2 different states …… and until recently ca had the death penalty ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/142 "2019-03-31T08:58:07Z")
> [@Orwell](#): > > Wait a minute. Did the person who died threaten the police in a deadly manner with some sort of weapon? Or did he just step out of his own house? There’s a difference between fault and responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/143 "2019-03-31T15:04:54Z")
> **[Serial 'swatter' sentenced to 20 years for death of Kansas man shot by police](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-swatter-tyler-barriss-sentenced-20-years-death-kansas-man-n978291)** > > Andrew Finch, 28, was shot and killed by police outside his Kansas home in December 2017 after Barriss' hoax 911 call. \*Barriss called in false report to Kansas police at the behest of two gamers, Casey Viner, 18, and Shane Gaskill, 25, authorities said. Viner asked Barriss to make the call as an act of retaliation against Gaskill after a game of “Call of Duty” ended badly. Barriss then taunted Gaskill in Twitter direct messages, before Gaskill challenged the California man to swat him, according to court records. Gaskill gave Barriss the address to a home where Gaskill had once lived that was then occupied by Finch’s family.\* Question: have Viner and Gaskill been charged/ convicted of anything? I think they both are partly responsible for the death and should be held accountable. ---
**Author:** ![supposedly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@supposedly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supposedly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/144 "2019-03-31T22:51:58Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I’d prefer zero, but I’d rather it be one innocent member of the public than ten. > > I hope you’re not saying that police are not members of the public, and therefore disposable. Those cops contracted to put their lives on the line for money. Got it? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/145 "2019-03-31T23:37:47Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Serial 'swatter' Tyler Barriss sentenced to 20 years for death of Kansas man shot by police](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/serial-swatter-tyler-barriss-sentenced-20-years-death-kansas-man-n978291) > \*Barriss called in false report to Kansas police at the behest of two gamers, Casey Viner, 18, and Shane Gaskill, 25, authorities said. Viner asked Barriss to make the call as an act of retaliation against Gaskill after a game of “Call of Duty” ended badly. > > Barriss then taunted Gaskill in Twitter direct messages, before Gaskill challenged the California man to swat him, according to court records. Gaskill gave Barriss the address to a home where Gaskill had once lived that was then occupied by Finch’s family.\* > > Question: have Viner and Gaskill been charged/ convicted of anything? I think they both are partly responsible for the death and should be held accountable. yeah the other two have been charged but with minor charges ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/146 "2019-03-31T23:45:19Z")
missed the edit window this is what the la times says : > [@](#): > > Viner and Gaskill pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice, wire fraud and other counts. Viner has notified the court he intends to change that plea at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Gaskill’s trial has been delayed to April 23 amid plea talks with federal prosecutors. also the SWAT were told people had been shot hostages were tied up an an older guy was walking around with a gun …. so them taking the shot that fast dosent surprise me …… this is the most complete story ive found online : > **[California man sentenced to 20 years in fatal ‘swatting’](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-tyler-barriss-swatting-sentencing-20190329-story.html)** > > A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for making bogus emergency calls to authorities across the U.S., including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man following a dispute between two online players over a $1.50 bet... ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584/147 "2019-04-01T01:16:38Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > yeah the other two have been charged but with minor charges Why only minor? It seems to me that they both have a lot of responsibility in this matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swatting-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/805584.md?page=7)