Los Angeles police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old gamer they say made a prank call that led a SWAT team to fatally shoot an innocent man over an online gaming dispute.
Tyler Barriss was detained by the LAPD hours after Andrew Finch, 28, of Wichita, Kansas, was shot dead by police.
Authorities suspect Barriss called 911 and concocted a story about a hostage crisis in a Wichita, Kansas home.
Barriss then allegedly gave 911 dispatchers Finch's address in Wichita.
Barriss is alleged to have been engaged in a practice known in the online gaming world as 'swatting' - or sending a SWAT team to the home of another person by claiming there was an emergency that warranted it.
Law enforcement sources told NBC News that Barriss became involved in a dispute with an online gamer.
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The only charge he can get is "Perpetuating a Hoax" the cop did the killing.
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