Lisa Finch, surrounded by family members reacts to the killing of her son Andrew Finch after he was shot Thursday evening, Dec. 28, 2017, by police, in Wichita, Kan. Authorities are investigating whether... (Associated Press) 
 
 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police and the FBI are investigating whether an argument over an online game prompted a hoax call that led to a house where an officer shot and killed a Kansas man who apparently wasn't involved in the dispute. 
 
 Wichita Deputy Police Chief Troy Livingston on Friday blamed a "prankster" who called 911 and made up a story about a shooting and kidnapping. He did not mention reports that an argument over online gaming was at the heart of the prank, although he said investigators had made good progress tracking online leads. 
 
 Police have not disclosed the name of the man who was killed Thursday evening, but relatives identified him as Andrew Finch, 28. 
 
 Livingston, speaking at a news conference, said the hoax call was a case of "swatting," in which a person makes up a false report to get a SWAT team to descend on an address. 
 
 "Due to the actions of a prankster we have an innocent victim," Livingston said. He said no one has been arrested in connection with the hoax. 
 
 Police played audio of the call to 911. A man said his father had been shot in the head. He said he was holding his mother and a sibling at gunpoint. The caller, speaking with relative calm, said he poured gasoline inside the home "and I might just set it on fire." 
 
 Several officers arrived and surrounded the home, braced for a hostage situation. When Finch went to the door police told him to put his hands up and move slowly. 
 
 But Livingston said the man moved a hand toward the area of his waistband — a common place where guns are concealed. An officer, fearing the man was reaching for a gun, fired a single shot. Finch died a few minutes later at a hospital. Livingston said Finch was unarmed. 
 
 The officer, a seven-year veteran of the department, is on paid leave pending the investigation. 
 
 The Finch family on Friday allowed reporters inside their home. Lisa Finch told them her son was not a gamer. 
 
 "What gives the cops the right to open fire?" she asked. "That cop murdered my son over a false report in the first place." 
 
 Lisa Finch said the family was forced outside barefoot in freezing cold and handcuffed after the shooting. She said her granddaughter was forced to step over her dying uncle and that no guns were found in the home. 
 
 Dexerto, an online news service focused on gaming, reported that the series of events began with an online argument over a $1 or $2 wager in a "Call of Duty" game on UMG Gaming, which operates online tournaments including one involving "Call of Duty." 
 
 "We woke this morning to horrible news about an innocent man losing his life," UMG spokeswoman Shannon Gerritzen said in an email to The Associated Press. "Our hearts go out to his loved ones. We are doing everything we can to assist the authorities in this matter." She declined to disclose other details. 
 
 In addition to the 911 call, police also released a brief video of body camera footage from another officer at the scene. It was difficult to see clearly what happened. 
 
 The FBI estimates that roughly 400 cases of swatting occur annually, with some using caller ID spoofing to disguise their number. An FBI supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, which covers all of Kansas, said the agency joined in the investigation at the request of local police. 
 
 In other cases of apparent swatting, three families in Florida in January had to evacuate their homes after a detective received an anonymous email claiming bombs had been placed at the address. 
 
 A 20-year-old Maryland man was shot in the face with rubber bullets by police in 2015 after a fake hostage situation was reported at his home. 
 
 Rep. Katherine Clark, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced an anti-swatting bill in 2015 — then was herself the victim of swatting. Armed officers in 2016 responded to an anonymous call claiming an active shooter was at Clark's home. 
 
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 John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this report. Salter reported from St. Louis. 

 Tyler Raj Barriss, of Glendale, is shown in a mugshot when he was arrested in October 2015 for making a false bomb threat to KABC-TV. 
 
 Authorities arrested a man in South Los Angeles in connection to a swatting incident that led to a Kansas man's death.Tyler Barriss, 25, was arrested Friday on suspicion of making a hoax phone call to police in Wichita, Kansas Authorities in Wichita said someone made a prank call to 911 with a made-up story about a shooting and kidnapping. That call resulted in the death of an innocent man relatives identified as Andrew Finch, 28.The hoax phone call was a case of swatting, authorities said, in which a person creates a false story to get a SWAT response to an address.Authorities released the 911 recording in which a man said he'd shot his father in the head. The caller also said he was holding his mother and a sibling at gunpoint and threatened to light the house on fire.When police headed to the home, they surrounded it and prepared to deal with a hostage situation. Finch answered the door and followed instructions to put up his hands and move slowly. But at some point, authorities said he moved toward his waistband and officers fired a single shot in fear Finch may have reached for a gun.Authorities said Finch died at the hospital and that he was unarmed.The police and FBI were investigating whether the hoax call stemmed from an argument over an online game.In October 2015, Glendale police arrested a 22-year-old man with the same name for making bomb threats to KABC-TV . He was charged with two felony counts of a false report of a bomb to an agency of business and one felony count of criminal threats. 

 Update 9 p.m. Saturday: 
 
 City of Glendale, Calif. 
 
 Eyewitness News Saturday spoke with a local attorney about who is responsible for the death of Andrew Finch to get a better understanding of what a case like this could mean. 
 
 Attorney Charley O'Hara says there will probably be federal charges for the man accused of "swatting," as well as state charged because the FBI helped with the arrest. 
 
 O'Hara says smilar charges would include terrorist threat or threats to places or events like schools or concerts. 
 
 He says there are a lot of aspects to the case, both with the man who made the prank call and with the officer who fired the fatal shot. 
 
 "The person that made that call and made that report was obviously wrong, but also, we need to question if good judgement was used when they responded to that call," O'Hara says. "Was that the correct way that we want our police officers or our law enforcement or the protectors of all of our safety to respond to situations like this?" 
 
 The atorney for Andrew Finch's family, "Kurt Kerns, says the Wichita Police Department has "attempted to deflect the cause of death to a phone call." 
 
 "Andrew was killed by a bullet fired by an officer who clearly had no cause to fire," Kerns said in a statement released Saturday. 
 
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 Update: 2:40 p.m. 
 
 The FBI confirms with Eyewitness News that they are assisting Wichita Police and Los Angeles Police are assisting in the investigation on the "swatting" call that lead to the death of 28-year-old Andrew “Andy” Finch. 
 
 A spokeperson released the following statement: 
 
 "The FBI assisted police in Wichita and Los Angeles in locating Barris yesterday. Barris served time after being charged by state authorities in Los Angeles for making threats and was released earlier this year. The FBI will continue to assist police as requested going forward." 
 
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 Update 2:10 p.m. 
 
 Family of the man who died as a result of "swatting" call is holding a candlight vigil to honor Andrew “Andy” Finch, 28. 
 
 The event is listed as public on Facebook and starts at 5:00 p.m. at the family's home. 
 
 The page suggests attendees bring a candle to show support for the family. 
 
 A GoFundMe is also set up in Finch's name to assist with funeral costs. 
 
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 Update 12:25 p.m. 
 
 The LA County Sheriff's Department lists Tyler Barriss, 25, arrested at 3:15 p.m. Friday local time in Los Angeles on a felony charge. 
 
 The booking report doesn't specifically list the exact charge at this time. 
 
 Barriss was booked into county jail at 11:25 p.m. Friday. The booking sheet does not list a bail amount. 
 
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 Update 11:40 p.m.: 
 
 The Los Angeles Police Department confirms it's arrested 25-year-old Tyler Barriss, of Los Angeles, in connection with Thursday night's deadly "swatting" call in Wichita. 
 
 The LAPD says Barriss was arrested Friday afternoon. 
 
 Information from the City of Glendale, Calif. shows that in October 2015, 
 
 Barriss was arrested in connection with making a bomb threat to ABC Studios in Glendale. 
 
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 Update 4:15 p.m.: 
 
 The Wichita Police Department Friday confirms a prank call led to the deadly officer-involved shooting of a 28-year-old man in southwest Wichita. 
 
 Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Livingston says the department's thoughts and prayers are with the family of 28-year-old Andrew Finch and with the WPD officer who fatally shot him. 
 
 "Due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim," Livingston says. 
 
 Livingston says police believe this was a case of "swatting" where someone makes a false call to yield a response from a SWAT team to an address. 
 
 Andrew Finch's mother, Lisa Finch says she doesn't know who made that call to police giving them her address near McCormick and Seneca. 
 
 Police say when Finch came to the door, he was given several commands to put his hands up. Livingston says Finch lowered his hands toward his waistband multiple times, leading an officer to fear he was reaching for a weapon. That's when that officer fired, Livingston says. 
 
 Finch's mother, Lisa Finch disputes the report, saying her son was not given a verbal warning prior to the shooting. 
 
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 Update: 3:40 p.m. 
 
 Wichita police release more information about a deadly officer-involved shooting that may have stemmed from a possible swatting incident. 
 
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 Update: 11:50 a.m. Friday: 
 
 The family of 28-year-old Andrew Finch says there was no warning when police arrived at their home in the 1000 block of W. McCormick Thursday night. 
 
 Police say they received a call stating a man had been killed and his family was being held hostage. 
 
 When police arrived at the home, Finch came to the door. He was shot and killed by an officer. 
 
 Police would not say if Finch was armed, but his family says he did not have a gun and there are no guns in the house. 
 
 Finch's mother, Lisa, says police told her the phone call was something called swatting - when someone makes a fake phone call trying to get a SWAT team to respond. 
 
 She says she doesn't know who made that call to police giving them her address. 
 
 "This is his blood. They were given the story that hostages were being held in here and that people were in here dead," says Lisa. "They did not shout a warning to him. As we were walking by to see what was going on, this door was open, they said come out with your hands up." 
 
 Finch had two children, ages seven and almost two. They were not at the house when this happened. 
 
 "He loved family, family was everything to him, there was nothing he wouldn't do for anybody," recalls Lisa. 
 
 We expect Wichita police to hold a press conference Friday afternoon to release more information about the shooting. It will air live on the KSCW-33 and on www.KWCH.com. 
 
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 Update 11:30 p.m. Thursday: 
 
 Family identifies the man fatally shot by a Wichita police officer Thursday night as 28-year-old Andrew Thomas Finch. 
 
 Questions remain regarding the circumstances that led up to the heavy police response and the shooting at the home near McCormick and Seneca. Police Thursday night indicated further information would be available on Friday. 
 
 Eyewitness News has seen a Twitter exchange where users claim what happened at the southwest Wichita home was a "swatting incident." 
 
 "Swatting is where someone contacts police and makes up a false report in order to get a SWAT team to respond to another person's address. 
 
 At Thursday night's police briefing, Wichita Police Department Deputy Chief Troy Livingston was asked whether this was a "swatting" incident or a prank. 
 
 "We don't know, but obviously detectives will look into that angle," Livingston said. 
 
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 Update: Wichita police say one man is dead after a Wichita Police Department officer shot him on a call Thursday evening at a home near McCormick and Seneca in southwest Wichita. 
 
 The 28-year-old man died from his injuries at a local hospital, WPD Deputy Chief Troy Livingston says. 
 
 Livingston says the case began about 6:18 p.m. when officers responded to a report that a man had shot and killed his father in an argument and was holding his family hostage. 
 
 On the call, Livingston says police prepared for a hostage situation and an officer shot the 28-year-old when he came to the door. 
 
 The man was taken to a local hospital where he died, Livingston says. 
 
 Police say the man shot by an officer was the only person injured at the home. The reports of a father being fatally shot prior to police arrival proved false. 
 
 Livingston did not say if the 28-year-old man had a gun. He says the officer who shot the man is a seven-year veteran with the Wichita Police Department. 
 
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 Two people are critically injured in a shooting in west Wichita. 
 
 It happened a little before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of West McCormick, near McCormick and Seneca. 
 
 Police have traffic blocked near the scene and people are asked to avoid the area of McCormick and Seneca. 
 
 We have a crew near the scene to gather further information once it's available.
– Police have arrested a 25-year-old man in Los Angeles in connection with a "swatting" prank that left a 28-year-old Kansas man dead Thursday night, KWCH reports. Tyler Barriss, arrested Friday afternoon, is accused of making a false report to police. He was arrested two years ago in connection to a bomb threat to ABC Studios. On Thursday police turned up at a house in Wichita after getting a report of someone shooting their father in the head and holding their family hostage. In a recording of the 911 call, the caller says the man was also threatening to set the house on fire, KABC reports. The Wichita Police Department confirmed Friday the call was a swatting prank, in which someone calls in a false report to get a large police response to their victim's home. In this case, the victim of the prank—reportedly a response to a $1.50 bet on the video game Call of Duty—provided a fake address that sent police to the home of Andrew Finch. Police say Finch at first followed directions to put his hands in the air when he opened the door. Deputy chief Troy Livingston says Finch then moved his hands toward his waistband, leading an officer to fatally shoot him. "Due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim," Livingston says. But Finch's mother, Lisa Finch, says blame also lies with police. "What gives the cops the right to open fire?" the AP quotes her as saying. "That cop murdered my son." Lisa Finch says police didn't give her son any warning before opening fire, and he was unarmed when he was shot. The FBI estimates there are about 400 cases of swatting a year.