It’s eventually revealed that Halo player Tyler Barriss, who became known for successfully swatting other gamers, is the one who reported a fake hostage to the police at Finch’s address.

Prosecutors say Viner asked Tyler Barriss, 25, to swat Gaskill at 1033 W. McCormick — an address Gaskill provided.

Barriss admitted he called Wichita police from Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 2017, to falsely report a shooting and kidnapping at that Wichita address. Finch answered the door, and an officer shot the ...

Barriss allegedly disrupted an December 14, 2017 FCC hearing in which the agency repealed so-called net-neutrality rules, according to an FCC order. Also this week, federal prosecutors in Wichita, ...

Tyler Barriss was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US district court judge today for placing fake 911 calls, including a swatting incident in 2017 that resulted in the death of a man in ...

Prosecutors say Tyler Barriss, 26, made numerous calls falsely reporting bombs and other crimes, including one that led police to fatally shoot an unarmed man last year in Wichita, Kan.

Barriss has been arrested for making false emergency calls in the past, bomb threats to a Glendale, Calif., television station in 2015. Amy Renee Leiker: 316-268-6644, @amyreneeleiker ...

Tyler Barriss, 25, accused of making a hoax phone call that led to a fatal police shooting in Kansas, will serve at least 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to dozens of similar "swatting ...

Tyler Barriss, 25, allegedly placed a hoax 911 call that lead to a man' — -- A Southern California man accused of making a hoax 911 call that led to the killing of an unarmed man in Kansas is ...