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| Wichita man killed by police after false hostage report was 'murdered' – mother | Wichita man killed by police after false hostage report was 'murdered' – mother |
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| The mother of a Wichita, Kansas, man who was killed by police responding to a false report of a homicide and hostage situation has said her son was “murdered”. | The mother of a Wichita, Kansas, man who was killed by police responding to a false report of a homicide and hostage situation has said her son was “murdered”. |
| Police are investigating whether the call that led police to the home was a so-called “swatting” prank, in which someone makes up a false report to get a Swat team to descend upon a home. | Police are investigating whether the call that led police to the home was a so-called “swatting” prank, in which someone makes up a false report to get a Swat team to descend upon a home. |
| Such pranks are common among online gamers. Lisa Finch, the mother of the dead man, said he did not play video games. | Such pranks are common among online gamers. Lisa Finch, the mother of the dead man, said he did not play video games. |
| Lisa Finch told the Wichita Eagle 28-year-old Andrew Finch, the father of two young children, was unarmed when he opened the door to the family home on Thursday night after hearing something. | Lisa Finch told the Wichita Eagle 28-year-old Andrew Finch, the father of two young children, was unarmed when he opened the door to the family home on Thursday night after hearing something. |
| She said he screamed and was shot. | She said he screamed and was shot. |
| The family then was forced outside barefoot in freezing cold, she said, her granddaughter being forced to step over her dying uncle. Family members were handcuffed, she said, placed in separate police vehicles and taken in for questioning. | The family then was forced outside barefoot in freezing cold, she said, her granddaughter being forced to step over her dying uncle. Family members were handcuffed, she said, placed in separate police vehicles and taken in for questioning. |
| “What gives the cops the right to open fire?” Finch asked. “Why didn’t they give him the same warning they gave us? That cop murdered my son over a false report.” | “What gives the cops the right to open fire?” Finch asked. “Why didn’t they give him the same warning they gave us? That cop murdered my son over a false report.” |
| Deputy police chief Troy Livingston earlier said the officer who fired the fatal shot was responding to a report that someone had been accidentally fatally shot and that the shooter was holding three people hostage. | Deputy police chief Troy Livingston earlier said the officer who fired the fatal shot was responding to a report that someone had been accidentally fatally shot and that the shooter was holding three people hostage. |
| A 28-year-old man was shot as he came to the front door, Livingston said. He did not say what caused the officer to shoot the man or whether he was armed. No one else was wounded in the home. | A 28-year-old man was shot as he came to the front door, Livingston said. He did not say what caused the officer to shoot the man or whether he was armed. No one else was wounded in the home. |
| Andrew Finch’s aunt, Madeline Finch told the Associated Press the family was “saddened” but declined to comment further. | Andrew Finch’s aunt, Madeline Finch told the Associated Press the family was “saddened” but declined to comment further. |
| Lisa Finch said: “We want Andy’s side of the story to be told.” | Lisa Finch said: “We want Andy’s side of the story to be told.” |
| The FBI is investigating, a supervisor at the bureau’s office in Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed on Friday. |