Viner then asked Tyler Barriss, an anonymous online swatter, to make the required fraudulent call to initiate the swatting.
He was wanted by police in Panama City, Florida, for calling approximately 30 other bomb threats, including one to a high school,[4] and on fraud and mischief charges in Canada for harassing a woman in Calgary.
Gaskill intentionally gave Viner the wrong address, a location in Wichita where he previously resided with his family, and where he said he would "be waiting".
[8] Using voice over IP through the free Wi-Fi provided by a South Los Angeles library, Barriss called the Wichita Police Department.
Barriss, identifying himself as "Brian", claimed that he was at the residence at 1033 West McCormick Street, had fatally shot his father, and was holding family members at gunpoint.
[9] Wichita Police Department officers, who were not SWAT team members and were not trained for tactical situations or hostage rescues,[10] responded to Barriss' call and surrounded Finch's residence.
A Wichita police officer standing on the other side of the street fired a single round,[11] striking Finch and piercing his heart and right lung.
Initial reports from Deputy Wichita Police Chief Troy Livingston stated that "a male came to the front door.
[17][18] Wichita residents used the opportunity of a city council meeting on January 9, 2018 to voice concerns on the subject, including questioning the release of only seven seconds of the police body cam footage, and arguing that the city should assume full responsibility to avoid a lengthy struggle by the Finch family for justice.
Adelina was raised by Lisa and Andrew Finch after her own mother had died; she was 17 at the time of the shooting, and witnessed her uncle's death.
[26][27] On October 26, 2018, forty-six additional charges against Barriss were added, which included financial fraud, and fake threats of bombs and shootings made to police and schools; some of these charges involved unindicted co-conspirators residing in Des Plaines, Illinois; Gulf Breeze, Florida; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Greenwood, Missouri.
On November 13 he pleaded guilty to 51 federal charges, for which U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister recommended a sentence of 20 years' incarceration.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Barriss has also been required to formally apologize to Finch's family and pay $10,100 in fines and restitution, and has agreed to five years of supervised release.
Barriss also paid a $5,000 fine, the full amount of which was awarded by the Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board to Finch's family as restitution.
The bill was referred to the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations,[39] but was never taken up for a vote and died in committee.
Rep. Eliot Engel introduced a bill in January 2019 to amend the Communications Act of 1934, to provide for enhanced penalties for the transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to trigger an emergency response.