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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by MattGaiser on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:30PM (#27901288)
What exactly do you want police to do after being told that a guy is going around killing people? As that probably happens more than swatting attacks in the USA. Sending a SWAT team on such a report seems quite reasonable.
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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by greyface- on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:43PM (#27901378)
> that probably happens more than swatting attacks in the USA

This assumption might be worth re-evaluating.

https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/23/4253014/swatting-911-pran... (2013):

> The FBI estimates there are around 400 swatting attacks a year

https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-eng... (2018):

> 277 FBI-designated active shooter incidents that occurred in the United States from 2000 to 2018

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by MattGaiser on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:10PM (#27901566)
The FBI definition of active shooter incident excludes a lot of cases:

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-incidents...

See page three.

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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by greyface- on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:17PM (#27901623)
The exclusions on page 3 are:

  * Self-defense
  * Gang violence
  * Drug violence
  * Contained residential or domestic disputes
  * Controlled barricade/hostage situations
  * Crossfire as a byproduct of another ongoing criminal act
  * An action that appeared not to have put other people in peril
None of these would describe a situation in which "a guy is going around killing people".
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Re:Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over ... by mcguire on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @11:55PM (#27902163)
All of those except the first and last describe a situation in which "a guy is going around killing people" and would call for an active response from the police. The guy is just not doing it in the way separated out as "an active shooter".
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