SWATting is still not Ok, has now caused a fatality

I hope the person responsible for this situation ends up in prison for awhile. Examples need to be made to stop people from being stupid like this forever.

Jesus, they could've at least used a bean bag round instead of putting a live round in him. Well, that other fuck will hopefully spend some major time in prison, just for some lousy two bucks and perhaps a bruised ego... what a waste of air :x.

Repeated offender, castration should be appropriate punishment.
EDIT: On top of the prison sentence of course.

2 kids lost their father in this... nice definition of prank those idiots have.
There is a gofundMe page up for the funeral costs.

Both the person who called the police, and the officer who shot and killed an unarmed man, should be end up in jail for this.

I thought that calling in a fake bomb alarm was bad but this is worse and more stupid. The people who do this for a prank or a laugh should get a long prison term with community service and mandatory lessons of basic manners and morals.

considering how frequent fake swating is, you would think highly trained professionals would do a better job identifiying non armed civilians, before shooting, let alone without warning.
and still no expectations of this incidents from stopping, because everyone asks random lunatics on the internet not to endanger others, rather than identifying fake reports.

some people actually think doing this is funny ??? - FFS, what is wrong with them?

Can someone explain why the cop opened fire immediately ? I mean, they were told it's a hostage situation. Why would a captor open up the front door? Also, he didn't have a gun on him? Of course it's that idiot's fault that an innocent man died but that cop is just as guilty if you ask me.

From what I read, he called saying "i shot my parents with concealable pistol, i put my sister in the closet and will kill her soon especially if i see a cops, I also plan to blow whole building up".

If this is true, then the scenario this fucker created over a phone was truly evil - "mad man will die anyway, cops have to decide how many goes with him, no time to properly check situation because of explosion threat..."

in that country it is unsafe even to stay closed in your home. it is unbelievable.

I am surprised.
Not by the police shooting someone in Murica, that is a given. But that the people involved were over 12 and yet it was CoD and not Overwatch.

the worst part.. a completely bystander get kill by those idiot....... jezz, where the heck is everybody common sense these days ?

Stupid idiot cop.

mix idiots and paranoia and you get these results.

Blame the cops is beyond any level of stupidity I've seen so far... Police definitively should keep a record from those who have preference for "sit and talk with the criminal" in a dangerous situation. That way natural selection works faster.

It's sad that we gamers have to be told that this is a "stupid, malicious and dangerous thing to do." It's tragic that an innocent man lost his life because of this.

I'm not surprised about the cops shooting someone, that's just everyday news.

Keem is a terrible person but for this occasion I decided to listen to the interview with this SWAuTistic person. This man claiming multiple times that he isn't responsible because he was told to SWAT someone is just... mind-boggling. And the fact that he seems to genuinely believe he isn't at fault in any way. He goes on to say that if he was in a court room with the family of the victim, then he'd be sorry but not that he feels sorry for his part now... I just...

The offender (caller) should be shot in the head.

Update: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/man-accused-in-fatal-swatting-case-faces-manslaughter-charge-w515401

I believe that both the cops and the caller is at fault. Cops are not allowed to shoot to kill unless someone was holding weapon of threat. This is a serious crime by the cops for killing without confirming about the situation and the caller is also at fault for giving incorrect information. Both the cop and the caller is guilty for this crime!

Let me just say this... in New Mexico, they sicced a police dog on a mentally ill man living in the mountains who then made a "threatening gesture" so they shot him and he died. This is not the first time a mentally ill person has been killed by police. so yeah, throw in fake damning evidence against an innocent person that has not one clue why the police are showing up at their door and you have a recipe for wild west behavior and death. At least with a sane guilty person, they know to bow to the long arm of the law but innocent people don't have the same "oh shit! I better throw myself at the mercy of the "gods" showing up at my door" kind of response.... Even in 2017/2018, the cops have an adrenaline-fueled response that tends to result in death. Innocent people expect the police to be reasonable but they are frequently not... especially if they think they are going into armed situations.

All of this horrible news could be mitigated with better training by police departments but sadly the people showing up to take these jobs (which are under-paid and severely lacking in the kind of training that saves lives) are the kind of people that tend to shoot first and ask questions later. Which is not to say that most experienced law enforcement officers are bad - just that most of them receive inadequate training and it can take years to become "good" at their jobs.