2017 Wichita swatting

2017 Wichita swatting
2017 Wichita swatting
Location	Wichita, Kansas, United States
Date	December 28, 2017; 6 years ago
Target	Shane Gaskill
Attack type	Shooting, manslaughter, swatting
Victim	Andrew Thomas Finch
Perpetrators	Tyler Rai Barriss (911 caller); Casey S. Viner (contacted Barriss); Shane Gaskill (gave the address to Viner);
Participants	Justin Rapp (responding officer, shooter)
Motive	Revenge swatting due to a disagreement in the video game Call of Duty: WWII
Verdict	Pleaded guilty
Convictions	Barriss Involuntary manslaughter; False information and hoaxes; Cyberstalking resulting in death; Making threats of death or damage to property by fire; Interstate threat; Conspiracy to make false reports; Viner Conspiracy to make false/hoax reports; Obstruction of justice; Conspiracy to obstruct justice; Barriss, Viner, and Gaskill: Wire fraud;
Sentence	Barriss; 20 years in prison (parole possible after 17 years and 1 month) plus $10,100 fine and 5 years of supervised release; Viner; 15 months in prison plus 2 years of supervised release; Gaskill; 18 months in prison

On December 28, 2017, a fatal swatting incident occurred in Wichita, Kansas, United States. During an online dispute between Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill regarding the video game Call of Duty: WWII, Viner threatened to have Gaskill swatted. Gaskill responded by giving him a false address for his residence, one that was occupied by an uninvolved person, Andrew Finch. Viner then asked Tyler Barriss, an anonymous online swatter, to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting. Wichita Police responded to the address, and as Finch was exiting his house, police officer Justin Rapp fatally shot him.

Barriss pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and many other charges from unrelated incidents for which he was wanted. In March 2019, Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.^[2] Viner was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and two years supervised release for his involvement, while Gaskill was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. Rapp was not charged for Finch's death.

^ "BOP: Federal Inmates By Name". Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^ "Suspect in fatal "SWATting" call faces charge of making false alarm". CBS News. January 3, 2018. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020.

[1] "BOP: Federal Inmates By Name". Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[FalseAlarmCBS-2] "Suspect in fatal "SWATting" call faces charge of making false alarm". CBS News. January 3, 2018. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020.

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