Swatting Occurs on Stream of FaZe Clan Fortnite Player Tfue

One of the negatives that have resulted in the rise of live streaming content becoming one of the most popular forms of entertainment is the extremely dangerous and irresponsible act of swatting which involves the act of calling the Police and falsely reporting that a dangerous crime is occurring at a particular location.

While the act of swatting can occur to anyone, such as in the tragic case of an innocent man being killed when his residence was swatted by an individual involved in an online dispute between two Call of Duty players, it often used to target popular streamers on the platforms of Twitch and Youtube.

One of the latest instances of swatting occurring on Twitch happened on November 9th with FaZe Clan professional Fortnite player Turner "Tfue" Tenney was swatted in a very potentially dangerous situation.

While playing in scrims with FaZe Clan Fortnite teammate Dennis "Cloakzy" Lepore, Tfue removed himself from his Twitch stream in order to investigate what later was explained to be an instance of Tfue having been swatted, as two police officers had made their way to the residence of Tfue in order to investigate in what turned out to be a swatting report of someone breaking into the home of Tfue.

However, Tfue went on to state that artists who were in the street by his home helped diffuse the swatting incident before it possibly escalated into a dangerous situation for the FaZe Clan Fortnite player.

Fortunately, no one involved in the swatting incident of FaZe Clan Fortnite player Tfue was hurt, as the situation could have easily turned for the worse in a moment's notice. As Tfue explained when returning to his stream after realizing he had been swatted, the idiotic act of swatting pulls Police officers and their resources away from being able to address real threats while putting innocent people in harm's way. 

H/T - Dexerto

(cover photo courtesy of FaZe Clan)