Gamer made hoax call that led to man being shot in the face in ‘swatting’ prank

Robert Walker-McDaid, left, made a hoax call that led to Tyran Dobbs, right, being shot in the face with rubber bullets (Pictures: SWNS/Fox 5 News)A British gamer made a hoax call to a terrorist hotline in the US which led to police raiding an innocent man’s home and shooting him in the face.Robert Walker-McDaid was taking part in a ‘swatting’ craze, which sees gamers make fake calls so that SWAT teams are sent round to someone’s home.
He called a Maryland terrorism hotli