""swatted" by people who wanted him to give up his Twitter handle."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-man-targeted-his-twitter-handle-dies-after-swatting-call-n1274747
"Swatters will generally use caller ID spoofing, a relatively simple technique that makes it appear that their call is coming from somewhere else; if they've managed to dox the victim's phone number, it's common to try to trick 911 operators into believing the call is coming from the victims themselves, which heightens the realism."
https://www.csoonline.com/article/3573381/what-is-swatting-unleashing-armed-police-against-your-enemies.html
"Have you ever heard the term swatting? It doesn’t sound like a very serious occupation until you learn that it refers to a police SWAT team.
Swatting is the dangerous and illegal practice of making a false emergency call to elicit rapid police response at someone else’s residence. Usually, these extreme prank callers report something imminently violent, like an active shooter, hostage, or bomb situation."
https://www.novilaw.com/2020/09/swatting-consequences/
"It’s called “swatting”—making a hoax call to 9-1-1 to draw a response from law enforcement, usually a SWAT team. The individuals who engage in this activity use technology to make it appear that the emergency call is coming from the victim’s phone. Sometimes swatting is done for revenge, sometimes as a prank."
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/the-crime-of-swatting-fake-9-1-1-calls-have-real-consequences1
"Swatting occurs when a prankster tricks an emergency service like the police into dispatching a SWAT team to raid the home of an unsuspecting person."
https://www.purevpn.com/blog/what-is-swatting-scty/
"Swatting refers to a harassment technique most often perpetrated by members of the online gaming community. Swatting entails generating an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretenses."
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-swatting/
Swatting is a dangerous prank with potentially deadly consequences. Here’s what you need to know
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/swatting-what-is-explained/index.html