"Swatting" prank causes lockdown of Colorado schools
Jordan Mathewson was stay streaming Wednesday morning although playing a video game known as
Counterstrike. in the game, he plays a new gunman on the mission to adopt down imaginary
terrorists.
But the...
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"Swatting" prank causes lockdown of Colorado schools
Jordan Mathewson was stay streaming Wednesday morning although playing a video game known as
Counterstrike. in the game, he plays a new gunman on the mission to adopt down imaginary
terrorists.
But the actual fantasy swiftly became a new reality, as Mathewson himself became a goal associated
with police, CBS news correspondent Michelle Miller reports.
SWAT teams burst straight into his office, his or her weapons drawn and also aimed at the actual
gamer. Police ordered Mathewson towards the ground and also placed him in handcuffs.
Local schools as well as businesses had been upon lockdown regarding a lot much more than an
hour. Right After discovering zero threat, police realized your 911 call would always be a prank
referred to as "swatting."
Swatting is when someone reviews the fake emergency, causing police SWAT teams in order to
respond for the scene.
Law enforcement says there is actually nothing funny about it.
"As anyone can, t
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