911 hoax behind SWAT response A Eugene man falls victim to “swatting"

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Eugene police said they had no choice Monday night but to take seriously a 911 caller’s startling claim that he had just shot his father inside a River Road area apartment and was about to kill himself.
“It sounded like a critical call,” police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said.
Fourteen police officers arrived at the Riviera Village complex on Corliss Lane in response to the 9:23 p.m. emergency call.
They left the scene after determining that the report suggesting a potential murder-suicide had occurred was bogus, McLaughlin said.
Investigators suspect the 911 caller obtained the name, address and telephone number of a man who lived at the apartment, then used that information to retaliate against the tenant after the pair squabbled while playing an online game on their Xbox video systems, McLaughlin said.
The apartment resident — a 26-year-old man who spoke with The Register-Guard on condition of anonymity — said he was targeted because he refused to give another player content that he had created for a game called FortressCraft.
“He tried to twist my arm over something relatively small in the game,” the Eugene man said.
For the past several years, cybercriminals have settled scores with foes by “swatting” — the name given to a telephone scheme that involves calling 911 to fake an emergency that could draw a police SWAT team response.