Incident

JW swatting incident

incident:jw_swatting_incident

A fraudulent emergency call caused armed police to respond to JW’s home after attackers targeted his username.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing INVOLVES JW Explicit 106
outgoing INVOLVES Swatting Explicit 106
outgoing INVOLVES phone-number spoofing Explicit 106
outgoing INVOLVES online harassment Explicit 106
outgoing INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation Explicit 106
outgoing ATTRIBUTED_TO Shane Sonderman Attributed 106

Claims

JW swatting incident INVOLVES JW

The swatting incident occurred at JW's home and was directed at him and his family.

Explicit Confidence 99% · JW EP 106 Details

“The police are here”

JW · offsets 11216–11235

“I’ve been swatted”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 11680–11699

JW swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting

JW's home was targeted through a false emergency call that caused an armed police response.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“someone spoofed his phone number, impersonated him, and gave his name and address and reported a false emergency”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14911–15023

JW swatting incident INVOLVES phone-number spoofing

The perpetrator spoofed JW's phone number when making the false emergency report.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“someone spoofed his phone number”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14911–14943

JW swatting incident INVOLVES online harassment

The incident was part of harassment directed at JW and his family over his username.

Explicit Confidence 99% · JW EP 106 Details

“I know where you live and I’m going to continue to harass you and your wife and your children”

JW · offsets 16599–16692

JW swatting incident INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation

JW and the other victims opened a case with the FBI and supplied it with evidence.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“they also opened up a case with the FBI, and they’re feeding the FBI information”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19251–19331

JW swatting incident ATTRIBUTED_TO Shane Sonderman

The FBI identified the person who swatted JW as seventeen-year-old Shane Sonderman from Memphis, Tennessee.

Attributed Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details

“the guy responsible was a seventeen-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee named Shane Sonderman”