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http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Two-critically-injured-in-W-Wichita-shooting-467049153.htmltwo fighting online playing call of duty gave out someone else's address resulting in an innocent man's death.
This is making national news.
The world is fucking nuts
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Swatting caused an innocent man's death. Call of Duty fight online turns real. police kill unarmed (Original Post)
demtenjeep
Dec 2017
OP
two dudes fighting online and one gave a false address and called a fake incident
demtenjeep
Dec 2017
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demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)1. just watched the body cam footage. WoW
and they found no weapons or games at all in the home of the victim.
The person who make the prank call had his twitt account suspended
This has made national news and could cause major unrest in our city
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)3. What made police shoot in the first place? tia
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)4. two dudes fighting online and one gave a false address and called a fake incident
said he murdered his dad and had his mom and siblings locked in a closet
the guy killed neither played online games nor had any weapons in the house
Crunchy Frog
(26,673 posts)2. Cops kill another innocent man.
Their "thoughts and prayers" are with the family.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)5. Cops are so fucking scared that they shoot no matter what. They know they will NEVER get convicted.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)6. there is a GoFundMe for funeral expenses and it has raised 18 grand in a day
this is incredible