Serial Swatter “SWAuTistic” Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes
Summary: Los Angeles authorities arrested 25-year-old Tyler Raj Barriss, known online as "SWAuTistic," who had claimed credit for roughly 100 school swattings and at least 10 residential ones, and who was previously convicted in 2016 for a bomb threat to an ABC affiliate in Los Angeles. His alleged call to a Wichita emergency line on Dec. 29, made after a fellow Call of Duty gamer taunted him and gave someone else's Kansas address, brought police to the home of 28-year-old Andrew Finch, an unarmed father of two who was shot and killed by an officer placed on administrative leave.
What's compelling: The FBI estimates some 400 swatting incidents occur each year in the U.S., each costing first responders about $10,000 and pulling resources from real emergencies - and this one ended with a dead man who had no part in the dispute.
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