A recent “swatting” incident in Kansas ended with an innocent man being shot and killed by police. Wichita Eagle crime reporter Nichole Manna tells CNN’s Victor Blackwell what the mother of the victim heard as the event unfolded.
Police have arrested a suspect in Los Angeles for an alleged deadly “swatting” hoax in Kansas. “Swatting” is when someone makes a prank call to police with a false report of an ongoing crime.
A prank call to police led to a man’s death at a home in Wichita, Kansas — and a man in California has been arrested in connection with the crime.
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