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City Agrees To $5 Million Settlement In Deadly Call Of Duty Swatting
The city of Wichita, KS has reached a $5 million settlement with the family of a man who was killed by police after a swatting hoax that resulted from a Call of Duty match that he wasn’t even involved in. The settlement comes from a civil lawsuit filed by the victim’s family after local officials declined to prosecute the cop who reportedly pulled the trigger.
As reported by Kotaku and the Wichita Eagle, the swatting incident occurred in December 28 and led to the violent death of Andrew Finch, a 28-year-old man. Two Call of Duty: WWII players, Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, got into a verbal altercation after betting $1.50 on a match. Viner then enlisted Tyler Barriss, who had a long history of calling in hoaxes, to swat Gaskill. Gaskill provided the wrong address to Barriss and challenged him to “try some shit,” which led to the police surrounding Finch’s house.
Finch was fatally shot by Officer Justin Rapp, who said that he believed that …