FaZe Clan esports team swatted during stream after false murder report

The FaZe Clan esports squad was swatted during its livestream aft a 911 caller falsely reported a treble murder.

Los Angeles constabulary swarmed the gamers’ residence Thursday astir 2:30 p.m. section clip aft a antheral claiming to beryllium 60-years-old said helium had killed his parent and brother, but that idiosyncratic was inactive breathing successful the house, according to TMZ Sports.

Officers demanded everyone successful the location travel extracurricular with their hands up 1 by one. The gamers cooperated and were handcuffed and patted down astatine gunpoint arsenic they exited.

After the location was searched, the gamers got the all-clear and constabulary took a swatting report.

“We got swatted,” one subordinate tin beryllium heard saying during the watercourse earlier it was muted.

The radical said earlier this week it’d had already raised $2 cardinal from the event.

Swatting has go a communal prank, often targeting celebrities. Ashton Kutcher, Clint Eastwood, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus are among those who person been swatted.

However, swatting hoaxes person besides led to a fig of serious incidents and adjacent deaths. A fig of perpetrators person been charged and sentenced to prison. Video crippled feuds are a communal pretext to swatting attacks.

The FBI is tracking and cracking down connected these incidents, whether existent oregon threatened, saying it wastes resources and puts lives successful unnecessary danger.

FaZe Clan is simply a radical that plays a fig of video games competitively, including “Call of Duty,” “Super Smash Bros.,” “FIFA” and “Fortnite.”