Nation His ‘swatting’ prank call caused a man’s death. Now he’ll serve 20 years in prison March 30, 2019 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on His ‘swatting’ prank call caused a man’s death. Now he’ll serve 20 years in prison "Swatting" is a practice where an individual makes a phony call to 911 to force police to respond with SWAT teams. It led to a man's death in Kansas.