Summoned by a Prank Call, Police in Wichita Kill a Man at His Front Door<br />“It’s not one guy, it’s a crew of people,” said Detective Wistocki, who consults for other police departments on swatting cases<br />and advocated an Illinois law that toughened penalties for swatting crimes.<br />Online players of Call of Duty and a news website called The Daily Haze posted screenshots and tweets on Friday<br />that they said indicated the swatting arose from a petty argument during an online game.<br />A spokeswoman for UMG, a video-gaming website that hosts competitive matches, including those for Call<br />of Duty, said the company was “doing everything we can to assist the authorities in this matter.”<br />Detective Richard Wistocki of the Naperville, Ill., police said players sometimes<br />worked in groups to terrorize an online rival and send the police to their home.
