When a voice on a loud speaker shouted drag queen Elix’s name and told her to leave her Las Vegas residence, it was pitch black outside. She began counting the firearms pointed at her as she walked out her front door, arms held above her head: One, two, three, and four are the numbers one, two, three, and four, respectively. Elix was in the middle of a broadcast on the Twitch website on Nov. 9 when she was greeted in her front yard by a swarm of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers. Elix was told by dispatch that she had slit her brother’s throat, hidden him in the basement, and was now about to commit suicide. Elix, a prominent Twitch streamer and drag queen, was swatted by police on Nov. 9 after a troll reported an erroneous crime to officials. Elix, a prominent Twitch streamer and drag queen, was swatted by police on Nov. 9 after a troll reported an erroneous crime to officials.Courtesy Elix Elix, 37, a full-time Twitch streamer and partner with nearly 58,000 followers on the platform, is the latest victim in a spate of swatting incidents involving drag queens who stream themselves playing video games.…
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