Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf, the recently crowned 16-year-old Fortnite World Cup champion, was swatted yesterday while streaming on Twitch.

A clip of the stream shows Giersdorf abruptly exit the camera's view, indicating the moment his father alerted him to the armed police at the door. A subsequent clip captured the streamer's return and explanation of events: "Yeah, I got swatted... I was lucky because the one officer, he lives in our neighborhood... They come in with guns, bro. They literally pulled up."

No one was physically harmed during the incident.

Giersdorf is two weeks removed from becoming the first-ever Fortnite World Cup champion. The American beat out 99 others from an international player pool to win the $3 million USD prize.

Swatting is the criminal act of purposely reporting a fake emergency in an effort to send authorities to a specific location. The nature of the reported activities is generally violent, often leading emergency services to dispatch armed personnel.

The dangerous act led to the death of an innocent man in 2018. The man who placed that swatting call was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to The Washington Post.
