Police kill innocent man after 'SWAT-ing' prank leads them on a false raid
Scene stretches along Seneca at McCormick. Call came in about an hour ago, dispatch says.pic.twitter.com/skUPPHXOg2
Officers are focused on this residence on the corner. @kansasdotcompic.twitter.com/cKVVLBfO2J
Officers are still working through information. They confirm this is an officer involved shooting and a 28-year-old man is dead.
Officers had originally responded to a call that there were hostages in a home and somebody had shot their father in the head. When officers arrived they found nobody shot.
3-4 people were inside the home. They were safely taken downtown for interviews. When ofc’s arrived, the 28-yo came to the door and an officer shot him. The man didn’t fire at officers. No info released on if he had a weapon.
I'm working on a follow-up to what happened last night when a Wichita PD officer fatally shot a 28-yo man after receiving a false call of a homicide and hostage situation. When I asked if this was "SWATing," WPD said they're looking into everything. Bkgnd: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192081124.html …
#UPDATE: A community of online gamers have said yesterday’s Wichita police shooting was a result of swatting, beginning over a feud between 2 Call of Duty players. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192111974.html …
Another awful thing about this death from swatting in Kansas is that there are now multiple reports that the man killed wasn't even part of the dispute that prompted the swatting. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192111974.html …
Worse: The squabble that led to the fatal swatting reportedly started over a $1.50 wagered match in the online game Call of Duty http://umggaming.com/m/4179723 Source: http://dexerto.com/news/argument- …
Update: The 28 year old man who was shot and killed has been identified by family member as Andrew Finch. His mother says she never knew “swatting” was even a thing. https://charlieintel.com/2017/12/29/dispute-call-duty-wager-leads-death-28-year-old-man-kansas/ …
Lisa Finch talks about her son, Andrew, who was killed by police during what some are saying was a swatting call between two online gamers not involved with Andrew. He didn’t play video games, she said. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192131159.html …
“This is where he was shot,” family says. Andrew Finch’s cousin says he didn’t play video games. Finch has two children, she says. @kansasdotcompic.twitter.com/jp9c8SkFQd
A MOTHER REMEMBERS: "He loved family, family was everything to him, there was nothing he wouldn’t do for anybody.” Today, we expect to learn more about what led Wichita police to shoot and kill 28-year-old Andrew Finch at a home Thursday night. http://bit.ly/2C4SlfN #kwch12
We talked to the family of Andrew Finch, who they said was fatally shot by Wichita police yesterday. Online gamers have said this was a swatting call. Police are expected to release more information later this afternoon. http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192147194.html …
#UPDATE: police brief on officer-involved shooting Thurs nighthttps://www.pscp.tv/w/bRVgxzE0NjQwMjE5fDFsUEtxcG9ubHpReGL_bI0ElZtdS09bR2g5yITMmz_kpJ0YExSanvcOICv4og== …
Police confirm this shooting is related to swatting.https://twitter.com/nicholemanna/status/946766457907527680 …
Police said the man who was shot was unarmed. They say he lowered his arms to his waist multiple times when told to raise them. We saw 7 seconds of video and will have copies up at some point. We also listened to the original 911 swatting call.