Tag: Tyler Barriss

Serial ‘swatter’ admits to making prank hostage 911 call that led to unarmed victim being shot dead by police [Report]

Technology and Crime

A Kansas man admitted to making the prank emergency call that resulted in police shooting an innocent man in front of his home last year. Per The Wichita Eagle, Tyler Barriss, 26, pleaded guilty to 51 federal charges not only related to the December 2017 death of Andrew Finch, 28, but for reporting fake bomb threats, …

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.

Man accused of deadly ‘swatting’ prank in Kansas previously made false bomb threats in LA

Fraud

December 30, 2017

Man accused of deadly ‘swatting’ prank in Kansas previously made false bomb threats in LA

An ABC affiliate in Los Angeles revealed new details about the suspect behind a hoax that turned deadly for an innocent man in Kansas. According to KABC, Tyler Raj Barriss was convicted in 2015 on charges that he made false bomb threats to the station. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Witchita police officers responded to the …