Swatting is een verontrustende trend in de video game scene, want het komt steeds vaker voor dat mensen die pissed off zijn op een medespeler een telefoontje pleegt naar de politie over een misdrijf met een vuurwapen, waarna er een arrestatie (SWAT) team real life COD bij hun thuis komt spelen. Dit is nu ook gebeurd bij Rafael Costillo die na het winnen van een match opeens oog in oog kwam te staan met de politie. Het volledige verhaal en nasleep kan je hier lezen.

A SWAT team in New York descended on a Long Island home Tuesday after someone claiming to be a teenager named Rafael Costillo called police to report that he'd just killed his mother, and he "might shoot more people." But when the SWAT team broke into the house, they learned that Costillo hadn't done anything of the sort. In fact, he hadn't even made the call.

Police later told the New York Post that the call had been made by another teenager with whom Costillo had just beaten in Call of Duty, the video game franchise that's now sold more than 100 million copies. The caller, who police have not identified, gave the dispatcher Costillo's address and said he could go on a killing spree at any minute.

Before long, helicopters, fire trucks, and cop cars had shown up. A two-hour standoff ensued with more than 60 police officers. When cops finally entered into the home, they found Costillo's mother in the kitchen and his brother home for lunch. They'd been fooled by another instance of Swatting, a trend that began in 2011 that involves making prank calls in an effort to bring Johnny Law to somewhere that doesn't need it.

"I thought there was a fire at my house," said Costillo's brother Jose, 21. "I ran up and saw my mom running out. I didn't know what was going on.