29 DEC

“They call it swatting,” says grieving Wichita mother after son killed by police

A 28-year-old Wichita, Kansas man was killed last night by police who were responding to a tip falsely reporting a hostage situation at the man’s house. And rumors are swirling in the Call of Duty community that the death was the result of a “swatting” attack gone horribly wrong.

“I heard my son scream, I got up, and then I heard a shot,” said Lisa Finch, the mother of shooting victim Andrew Finch, in a video interview with the Wichita Eagle. Police then took Lisa Finch outside, along with “my roommate and my granddaughter, who witnessed the shooting and had to step over her dying uncle’s body,” handcuffed them all, placed everyone into separate police cars, and took them downtown for interviews.

Lisa Finch said her son was unarmed and that no guns were found in the house.

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