Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:42 PM
Author: mind-boggling cruise ship
http://nypost.com/2014/04/22/call-of-duty-loser-calls-in-swat-team-hoax-on-kid-who-beat-him/
Long Island police dispatched helicopters, emergency vehicles and an army of cops to a home where someone called in a bloody rampage on Tuesday.
They arrived with guns drawn and ready for war — only to find out the call to cops was an act of revenge by a gamer whom the teen who lives inside had just beaten in an online Call of Duty battle.
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Raphael Castillo was the winner of the video game and also the victim of “Swatting.”
Photo: Victor Alcorn
The prank caller told police over Skype that he was Rafael Castillo, 17, of Long Beach — and that “I just killed my mother and I might shoot more people,” cops said.
But Castillo was only using virtual firearms in the online video game.
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Long Beach police came out in force in response to the hoax.
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“Some guy threatened to Swat him,” Castillo’s brother told The Post. “He was pissed that he had lost.”
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549976&forum_id=2#25432251)