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LAPD arrests man on suspicion of making deadly swatting call to Wichita police
The Wichita Eagle ^ | December 30, 2017 | Nichole Manna

Posted on 12/30/2017 6:44:28 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie

Los Angeles police have arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of making the swatting call that ended with a Wichita man being killed by police.

Tyler Barriss was arrested Friday afternoon, according to KABC.

Booking records for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office say he was arrested at 3:15 p.m. for a felony.

Barriss is accused of reporting a fake homicide and hostage situation to the Wichita Police Department just after 6:15 p.m. Thursday.

The practice is called "swatting" and happens when someone makes a call to a police department with a false story of an ongoing crime – often with killing or hostages involved – in an attempt to draw a large number of police officers to a particular address.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansas.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: gamer; kansas; police; swat
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I though Kansas used a firing squad. Much more appropriate in this case...


41 posted on 12/30/2017 7:25:45 AM PST by null and void (It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
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To: G Larry

My point was that THAT scenario does and has happened. In that particular instance, no.


42 posted on 12/30/2017 7:27:07 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: null and void

"...any excuse for a righteous shoot..."


When all you hold is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.
Many of the officers in my area “inject-to-perfect” and are completely steroided to the gills.
Hand these flawed officers military-grade toys and things get ugly quickly.


43 posted on 12/30/2017 7:27:19 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: raybbr

It is possible to “spoof” the caller id so that the number that shows up is not the real number


44 posted on 12/30/2017 7:27:48 AM PST by fr_freak
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To: George from New England

Ding dongs called a local substation non emergency number and got transferred to dispatch per an earlier article


45 posted on 12/30/2017 7:28:41 AM PST by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head.)
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To: Rebelbase

It worked in the murder of Lavoy Finnicum. It will work here.


46 posted on 12/30/2017 7:29:16 AM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

If he did it, he needs to be tried for murder.


47 posted on 12/30/2017 7:29:29 AM PST by I want the USA back (Leftism is an elaborate system for hiding shame behind a cheap mash of virtue. -Klavan.)
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To: Rebelbase

But where the phone is, still means something — isn’t triangulation of cellphone location from towers SOP for emergency calls? With both number and geography showing at the receiving office? Wouldn’t there be a question like “How do you, in California, know there’s trouble going down in Wichita?”


48 posted on 12/30/2017 7:30:24 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

He had better be convicted of a serious crime and have a severe penalty.

JoMa


49 posted on 12/30/2017 7:30:48 AM PST by joma89
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To: AppyPappy

In Kansas you can be armed, almost everywhere. Inside or on your property is covered under the Castle doctrine. We have constitutional carry so you can carry anywhere it is not specifically forbidden, open or concealed, with out special permits or any other BS from border to border. The 2nd Amendment covers it.

But no one in the house owns any guns so he didnt have one on, and got shot for answering the front door because the cops knocked on it anyway.


50 posted on 12/30/2017 7:34:23 AM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: BudgieRamone

At best this kind of transfer, without emergency realtime trackability, is an open door to such spoofs. If it has transferability to an emergency station — it should have trackability. Period.

I feel like saying: A general pox on everybody but the poor victim (RIP) and his household.


51 posted on 12/30/2017 7:34:54 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Blue Jays
Font color=blue> When all you hold is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

Especially when you are trained in nail identification...


52 posted on 12/30/2017 7:37:07 AM PST by null and void (It is not trends but choices that that matter most at the key moments of history)
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To: Leaning Right
The police used to have a job, to make us feel safe. Now it’s our job to make the police feel safe.

They are easily startled.

53 posted on 12/30/2017 7:39:31 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: null and void

Yeah, why is this done — so they don’t get accused of profiling rougher characters?

This kills both common sense and chivalry.


54 posted on 12/30/2017 7:41:02 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Any further, and we will have to invite them into our snowflake collection. Oh look, blue snowflakes.

DEAR LORD PLEASE HELP US!


55 posted on 12/30/2017 7:42:45 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: raybbr

Something is f**ked up in Wichita.


56 posted on 12/30/2017 7:43:34 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Right Brother

He was probably pulling up his pants. Only one person pulled that trigger. Just sayin’.


57 posted on 12/30/2017 7:46:13 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Is this the city where the partial-birth abortion stuff is going on? That could summon a serious satanic presence.


58 posted on 12/30/2017 7:46:16 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

it isn’t just Wichita.


59 posted on 12/30/2017 7:47:26 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

> Something is f**ked up in Wichita. <

Something is f**ked up everywhere. Let’s say I’m sitting at home watching TV. I hear a loud knock at my front door. I look out the window, and it’s the police.

I’m actually not sure what I’d do. If I answer the door the wrong way, I might get shot. Ten years ago that statement would have sounded nonsensical, and overly dramatic. But not now.


60 posted on 12/30/2017 7:50:14 AM PST by Leaning Right
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