I don’t know what the maximum crime is in this Wichita swatting homicide case.

[UPDATE: Apparently there’s an Asshole #3, who made the call on Asshole #1’s behalf. Constant Reader BigGator5 used the term ‘psychopath,’ which I feel fits.]

Short version: Asshole #1 threatened Asshole #2 over a Call of Duty situation. Asshole #2 gave Asshole #1 a fake address.  Asshole #1 called the cops and sent them to that address with a false report of a shooting and hostage situation (‘swatting’). Cops show up, shoot and kill the guy who answered the door. In my opinion, it is exceedingly unlikely that the guy who got shot by the cops did anything to deserve that, but I don’t have the actual details on just what caused the shooting. Continue reading I don’t know what the maximum crime is in this Wichita swatting homicide case.

Awww.

Cute:

Michael Mastalski used his girlfriend’s love of animals to plan a one of a kind proposal.

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He told girlfriend Chelsey Bass they were going to the Sedgwick County Zoo to watch the elephants paint pictures for kids. The elephants painted but this picture was particularly special. Mastalski had written a special message on it before hand.

Marriage proposal, of course.