The 26-year-old gamer from California,Tyler Barriss has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for more than fifty false emergency calls to the police officers across the US, including one that led police to fatally shoot a Kansas man, New York Daily News reported.

In December 2017, Andrew Finch was shot by cops in Wichita after the prankster called 911 with a story about a shooting and kidnapping at Finch's Wichita home.

Finch's family filed a lawsuit against city authorities of Wichita. The prosecutor's office refused to bring charge against the officer.