{
  "id": "case-barriss-swatting",
  "slug": "us-v-barriss-serial-swatting",
  "title": "U.S. v. Tyler Barriss (Serial Swatting / Wichita Incident)",
  "summary": "Perpetrator of dozens of fraudulent emergency 911 calls and bomb threats across the United States for hire, culminating in a fatal police shooting in Wichita, Kansas, over a Call of Duty video game dispute.",
  "case_number": "6:18-cr-10028",
  "court": "U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas",
  "district": "D. Kan.",
  "country": "United States",
  "opened_at": "2018-03-20",
  "status": "sentenced",
  "victim_sector": "Emergency Services, Municipalities, Schools",
  "victim_country": "United States",
  "loss_amount_usd": 1500000,
  "loss_amount_note": "Caused tragic loss of innocent human life, massive municipal emergency response mobilization, and $1.5 million in damages.",
  "first_seen_at": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2026-08-05T12:00:00Z",
  "actor_slug": "swatting-group",
  "defendant_slugs": [
    "tyler-barriss"
  ],
  "cves": [],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "technique_id": "T1090",
      "evidence_excerpt": "Barriss routed VoIP phone communications through anonymous proxies and spoofing apps to simulate local caller ID numbers during emergency calls.",
      "evidence_locator": "Plea Agreement \u00b6 5, Page 4",
      "mapping_status": "reviewed",
      "mapped_by": "rule",
      "source_title": "Plea Agreement: U.S. v. Barriss",
      "source_url": "https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/serial-swatter-sentenced-20-years-prison-fatal-wichita-kansas-swatting",
      "technique_name": "Proxy",
      "tactic": "Command and Control"
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    {
      "event_type": "arrest",
      "event_date": "2017-12-29",
      "description": "Barriss arrested by Los Angeles police following the fatal Wichita swatting call."
    },
    {
      "event_type": "plea",
      "event_date": "2018-11-13",
      "description": "Pleads guilty to 51 federal charges including cyberstalking, false emergency reporting, and wire fraud."
    },
    {
      "event_type": "sentencing",
      "event_date": "2019-03-29",
      "description": "Sentenced to 240 months (20 years) in federal prison."
    }
  ]
}