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Thursday night after responding to a call claiming a man at his address had shot someone and was holding others hostage. That call was a hoax, commonly referred to as "swatting," and in this case it's apparently linked to a Call of Duty match, where one player passed a fake address to another before someone called the police to it. Now reports that police in Los Angeles have arrested 25-year-old Tyler Barriss, who is believed to have made the call inciting the incident.
Barriss may be the "SWAutistic" who tweeted about making the call and later participated in a phone interview . An LAPD spokesperson confirmed to Engadget that Barriss is in custody, no bail has been set, and that they are working with Wichita police on the case.
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