"Kick streamers Zavalahimself and Amanda Solis were live-streaming a day out with a child inside a Journeys store at Westfield Santa Anita Mall when police rushed in around 5 p.m., rifles drawn. Authorities say someone called 911 claiming the pair inside the store were armed with rifles and bombs and preparing to shoot people in the mall."
"Arcadia police later determined the call was a 'swatting' incident, a dangerous prank in which someone makes a false emergency report to send heavily armed police to an unsuspecting target. Swatting incidents have increasingly targeted online personalities and gamers in recent years, sometimes with deadly consequences, as prank callers attempt to provoke dramatic police responses while victims are live on camera."
A swatting incident occurred at Westfield Santa Anita Mall when someone called 911 falsely reporting that Kick streamers Zavalahimself and Amanda Solis were armed with rifles and bombs inside a Journeys store. The pair were livestreaming a shopping day with a young child when police from Arcadia and Monrovia departments responded with rifles drawn around 5 p.m. Officers detained everyone in the store, including the child who expressed fear during the incident. Video footage showed Solis being placed in restraints. No weapons were discovered during the search. Arcadia police confirmed the incident as a swatting prank. Swatting has increasingly targeted online personalities and gamers, sometimes resulting in deadly consequences.
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