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Police shoot man dead after alleged Call ofDuty ‘swatting’ hoax

在《使命召唤》的“特警出击”恶作剧后，警方击毙了一名男子

 

A man has been arrested after an alleged"swatting" prank call led to police shooting dead a 28-year-old man.

一通所谓的“特警出击”恶作剧电话导致警方击毙了一名28岁男子，事情发生后，一名男子被警方拘捕。

 

Andrew Finch was shot at his front door on28 December in Wichita, Kansas.

12月28日在堪萨斯州威奇托市，安德鲁·芬奇在自家门前被击毙。

 

Police surrounded the home after receivinga hoax emergency call from a man claiming to have shot dead his father andtaken his family hostage.

一名男子拨打了一通恶作剧紧急电话，电话里他声称自己枪杀了父亲，并挟持了家人作为人质。接到电话后，警方包围了这栋房子。

 

The call stemmed from a row between twogamers playing Call of Duty online, US media say, although the address raidedwas apparently unconnected to either.

美国媒体报道，这通电话源自于两名发生争执的《使命召唤Online》玩家，然而，被包围的房子却与他们没有任何关系。

 

Police have said they believe the reportwas an act of "swatting" where a person makes a false report to sendpolice to another person or fake address.

警方相信，这个电话是一次“特警出击”恶作剧。恶作剧中的一个人谎报消息，让警察去找另一个人，或是让警察去找一个虚假地址。

 

'Innocent victim'

“无辜的受害人”

 

Audio of the emergency call has been madepublic. A man can be heard telling authorities that he had shot his father inthe head, and claimed to have taken his mother and siblings hostage.

这个恶作剧的电话录音已经被公之于众。可以听到一个男人告诉警察，他射击了自己父亲的头部，并声称挟持了他的母亲和兄弟姐妹作为人质。

 

The caller also said he had a handgun andhad poured fuel over the house and wanted to set the property on fire.

拨打电话的人还说，他有一把手枪，屋子里已经倒满了汽油，他想烧掉房子。

 

Police say they surrounded the address thecaller had given, and were preparing to make contact with the suspectreportedly inside when Mr Finch came to the door.

警方说他们包围了电话中提到的地址，在正准备与嫌疑人取得联系的时候，芬奇先生突然来到了门前。

 

They said one round was released byofficers after the 28-year-old failed to comply with verbal orders to keep hishands up, and appeared to move his hands toward his waist multiple times.

这位28岁的男子拒绝听从举起双手的命令，双手多次伸向腰部，于是一名警察开了一枪。

 

Police say Mr Finch was later found to beunarmed, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A search found four ofhis family members inside, none of them dead, injured or taken hostage.

警方表示后来才发现芬奇先生并没有装备武器，而芬奇先生在当地医院被宣布死亡。调查发现房里有四位他的家人，没有一人死亡、受伤、被挟持。

 

His family told local media that he was notinvolved in online gaming.

他的家人告诉当地媒体，他不玩网络游戏。

 

What is swatting?

什么是“特警出击”？

 

The false reporting of emergencies, inorder to try and get a Swat (Special weapons and tactics) team response to alocation

谎报紧急信息，以引出特种部队前往某一地点

 

It has been linked to disputes in theonline gaming community

这个恶作剧是这个网络游戏社区解决争执的方式 

 

Perpetrators often disguise their number orcall non-emergency local numbers to avoid being identified

为避免被定位，参与恶作剧的人通常会伪装自己的号码，或选择拨打当地的非紧急号码

 

"The irresponsible actions of theprankster put people and lives at risk," said Wichita Police DepartmentDeputy Chief Troy Livingston.

威奇托警局副局长特洛伊·利文斯顿说道：“恶作剧者这种不负责任的行为，把人们的生活置于危险之中。”

 

"The incident was a nightmare foreveryone involved, including the family and our police department.”

“对于所有受牵连的人来说，包括这个家庭和我们警方，这次意外是场噩梦。”

 

"Due to the actions of a prankster, wehave an innocent victim. Had the false police call not been made, we would nothave been there.

“因为恶作剧者的行为，我们伤害了一个无辜的人。”“真希望没有这通虚假报警电话，真希望我们没有去过那里。”

 

"We don't see it as a joke, it's not aprank. It heightened the awareness of the officers, and we think it led to thisdeadly encounter."

“我不认为这是一个玩笑，这不是一个好笑的恶作剧。虽然这件事情提高了我们的警惕性，但却带来了这个致命的意外。”

 

UMG Gaming, the online platform where theCall of Duty game was being played competitively for a small cash wager,released a statement saying they would work with the investigating authorities.

在UMG Gaming在线平台上，《使命召唤》被玩家用来进行小额现金赌博。这个平台发表声明，表示他们会与调查机关合作。

 

“We woke this morning to horrible newsabout an innocent man losing his life. Our hearts go out to his loved ones. Wewill do everything we can to assist the authorities in this matter.”

— UMG Events (@UMGEvents) December 29, 2017

“我们一醒来就得知了这个可怕的新闻，一个无辜的人失去了他的生命。我们的心情与爱他的人一样难受。我们愿意做任何事协助官方的调查。”

—— UMG Events(@UMGEvents) 2017年12月29日

 

原文链接：Police shoot man dead after alleged Call of Duty 'swatting' hoax - BBC