Drag queen's home stormed by police after troll files false report accusing them of murder

A Las Vegas drag queen and Twitch streamer was met by several police officers pointing guns at her after a vile troll falsely accused her of murder.Elix, a member of the Twitch drag collective Stream Queens, was streaming on the evening of 9 November when police arrived at their property and demanded they come outside.When they walked out the front door, they emerged to find four guns being pointed at them and saw several Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers surrounding their home.Elix told NBC News that she was told that dispatch received a call accusing her of murdering her brother and was about to kill herself too.But after speaking with police, it was revealed that Elix was the victim of a horrific swatting prank – a term used when someone calls law enforcement to report a serious crime or situation, leading to officers arriving at the target’s home. In 2017, a swatting prank led to the death of a Kansas man, Andrew Finch.Elix told NBC News they were “shook” by the incident, but they weren’t “scared” because they knew “my community is waiting for me”. After the swatting attack, they said they went back inside their home and continued…
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