A harrassment campaign targeted at the owner of a good Twitter handle results in death.
We’ve seen someone held at gunpoint for a domain name. Now there’s a case of a fight over a Twitter handle leading to someone’s death.
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to five years in prison after doxxing a man, which ultimately led to his death from a heart attack.
Shane Sonderman targeted five people in an attempt to get their Twitter handles. When they refused, he started harassment campaigns.
The dead man, Mark Herring, had the @tennessee handle. The Washington Post reports that, according to court filings, Sonderman doxxed Herring in an attempt to get people to harass him so he’d hand over the handle. One of the people that saw his information onine (not Sonderman) engaged in swatting by calling police and telling them there was a murder and bomb threat at Herring’s house.
Emergency responders showed up and, with guns drawn, asked Herring to obey their orders. He apparently died of a heart attack as they did this.
(Hat tip: Eric Borgos)
Samer says
That guy who did this was scum.
The Twitter handle he was trying to coerce from him was @Tennessee
Samer
Magna says
Emergency responders shot him?
Andrew Allemann says
No he had a heart attack
J.R. says
Insane story.
Maybe the world was always filled with so many crazies.
The internet has just exposed the level psychopathy present for all to see.
thelegendaryjp says
Crazy and incredibly sad.
John says
Wow, I saw some mention here and there but had no idea it was over this. People need to be made to pay dearly for this “swatting” thing and every other crime associated. It’s truly sick to begin with and this is ten times worse. In fact, I would not even object to including a charge against the “swatter” sociopath of felony murder.