Accused Teen Serial Swatter's 911 Call Released: "I Will Kill Everybody"
A Canadian teen accused of menacing his online gaming adversaries with fake 911 calls is facing 34 criminal charges—and now evidence of his reign of Skype terror is public.
Here's the 911 Audio of Someone Swatting Lil Wayne's House
A SWAT team surrounded Lil Wayne's Miami Beach mansion yesterday after a 911 caller claimed to have shot four people there. The call turned out to be a swatting hoax, a fake report of a crime too serious for law enforcement to ignore, even if they know it's likely fake. And in this case, there's a good chance the…
8channers Sent Cops to Wrong House in Attempt to Attack Gamergate Critic
Remember 8chan? The anonymous image board that sprang to relevance at the height of the Gamergate fiasco may have faded from public view in the months since then, but the creeps who use it haven't stopped creeping.
A Call of Duty Loser Called the SWAT Team on His Opponent
A SWAT team descended on a Long Island home Tuesday in response to a Skype call claiming, "I just killed my mother and I might shoot more people." But the person making the call hadn't killed anyone—he was just a hoaxster who was salty about a teenager beating him at Call of Duty.
Chris Brown Is the Latest Victim of 'Swatting'
In case you're not up to date on the newish lingo for stupid pranks, "Swatting" is the act of reporting a fake crime or emergency at someone's home, which usually results in a SWAT team showing up and scaring the hell out of everyone at the nonexistent crime's location. Last week, Tom Cruise was swatted, perhaps…
Tom Cruise Gets 'Swatted'
Hijinks are afoot in Los Angeles, where a SWAT team was dispatched to Tom Cruise's Beverly Hills mansion after receiving a call that there was a gunman on the premises. There was no gunman at Tom Cruise's house. There was also no Tom Cruise at Tom Cruise's house — and if there's ever a gunman at Tom Cruise's house,…
