Tag: Andrew Finch

Serial ‘swatter’ prank hostage call gets innocent father killed by police. He’ll now spend 20 years behind bars.

Technology and Crime

A California man will spend 20 years in federal prison for making a prank call to Kansas police that resulted in a man’s shooting death. According to NBC News, Tyler Barriss, 26, was sentenced Friday for 51 charges related to various prank calls he made, including one that directly resulted in the December 2017 death of …

January 15, 2018

Prank caller faces involuntary manslaughter charges after police shoot, kill victim of ‘swatting’ call

A Los Angeles man is behind bars and facing involuntary manslaughter charges after making a “swatting” call to police in Kansas and posing as someone else. The prank ended with a Wichita man dead. ABC7 reports that Tyler Barriss, 25, said he now regrets making that fatal call that led police to a stranger’s home …

Police

January 3, 2018

Suspected prank caller faces felony charges when hoax emergency call ends in fatal police shooting of innocent Kansas man

Police have said Andrew Finch, 28, was shot after a prankster called 911 last week with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping at Finch’s Wichita home.