The term “swatting” refers to a different type of replay. When someone falsely accuses someone of a crime, police (or a SWAT squad, ergo “swatting”) are dispatched to the victim’s residence to harass them. Doxxing, on the other hand, can often be fatal for the victim.
Tyler Barriss was involved in a confrontation with two other gamers, Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, in an online video game in December 2017. According to NBC News, Viner challenged Barriss to swat Gaskill, and Gaskill accepted the challenge by disclosing his last address, which was now occupied by the family of an unrelated man named Andrew Finch. A group of tactical police officers was deployed to Finch’s house, and one ended up fatally shooting him.