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 …
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 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.
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 …
