Shane Gaskill a gamer whose online dispute with another player sparked a deadly hoax. US District Judge Eric Melgren granted the government's motion to resume prosecution of Shane Gaskill of Wichita and set his trial for October 5. Ariagno did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the judge's ruling granting the government's request to resume prosecution. Gaskill got into an online argument with Ohio gamer Casey Viner while they were playing the Call of Duty video game. Gaskill was charged as a co-conspirator after knowingly giving Barriss the same former address and taunting him to "try something".

Source: New Zealand Herald September 20, 2021 23:37 UTC