Police In Kansas Kill Innocent Man After Prank Emergency Call
- 6 years ago
On Saturday, Reuters reported that a police officer in Kansas shot and killed an innocent, unarmed man after a prank caller told authorities that he had killed his father, and was holding hostages inside his home. The 28-year-old man was killed during a standoff with police, minutes after they received the hoax call on Thursday evening. Authorities later learned that the call was a hoax, known as swatting, in which people falsely report an emergency to authorities that requires a police response.