[Spooky]

WKRN News 2 (via GamingBible) reported new information on the April 2020 incident involving Mark Herring of Bethpage, Tennessee. A swatting incident—the act of calling 911 to report a fake crime so armed responders storm an address—was organized on Discord in an attempt to intimidate Herring into handing over his valuable @tennessee Twitter handle.

A then-minor by the name of Shane Sonderman was part of the campaign against Herring. "He was from Tennessee," says Corinna Fitch, Herring's daughter. "He's the one that collected all our information, my address, my sister's, my moms, my mother sister, and put it on a channel on Discord, which is a gaming chat forum."

A second minor, from the UK, called the local police department to make the false report. Herring's son said: "The neighbors called and said 'There's police everywhere, and they think a man has killed a woman and he's on your property, you gotta take cover.'"

"He went out the house with a gun, because he heard someone was on his property," Fitch explained. "He sees all these cops around him, and they ask if he is Mark Herring, 'put your hands up,' so he tosses the gun away from him to show he's not a threat, and [put his] hands up."
It was then that Herring suffered a heart attack. He died in hospital soon after.

Sonderman is currently jailed over the incident and awaiting trial. He faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine—a punishment Herring's family says is inadequate. "You've not just changed that one person's life; you've done a ripple effect. They need to pay for that," said Fitch.
As the minor in the UK who made the call is still underage, they cannot be identified or extradited.

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This happened in 2020 but its just now coming to light. I can take a guess at the exact community these kids are from, and are famous for doing fucked up shit like this. Really sad these kids felt the need to scare an old man like this so many times. Such a shame

[Dismas]

RIP. They should hold the owner of the community accountable. You're responsible for the culture you create.

[Alex1759]

5 years is a joke. He murdered someone. So did the brat in UK. Swatting needs to be charged as attempted murder or murder as in this case.

[Miamoo]

It's so tragic that a life was lost due to unpardonable behaviour of youngsters. True the punishment given is not enough as claimed by the affected family. Justice should prevail and such incidents should never be repeated.