Streamer and rapper DDG was briefly detained whereas he was livestreaming a paintball match after somebody reported a false alarm, often known as a “swatting” incident.
Per TMZ Hip Hop, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division stated that the Sunday incident occurred at an handle in Castaic, which is north of Los Angeles. An unknown particular person is alleged to have referred to as authorities to the handle, claiming that an grownup male armed with a firearm was brandishing and firing pictures, in addition to threatening to harm the individuals close to him.
Sheriff’s deputies, who responded to the handle, pulled out their weapons earlier than they positioned DDG in handcuffs and quickly detained him. The incident occurred whereas DDG, born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., was livestreaming on his channel.
Authorities didn’t arrest anybody on the scene, and authorities in the end established that the 911 name was false. There was additionally no armed particular person on the scene, and nobody gave the impression to be a menace on the location. DDG, 27, was uncuffed.
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An investigation into the incident has since been launched, and the Detective Bureau is engaged on figuring out the person who made the false 911 name.
“The nameless caller fabricated a declare that DDG was armed and threatening individuals, which led to an pointless and closely armed police response to a peaceable paintball reside stream occasion. This reckless and malicious act disrupted the match, induced pointless panic amongst attendees, and put everybody current — together with legislation enforcement — in hurt’s means,” DDG’s lawyer and supervisor, Dimitri Harm, informed TMZ Hip Hop.
“DDG, who was there merely to take pleasure in and take part within the occasion, was deeply shaken by the incident. Having officers reply beneath the false perception that you’re armed is an extremely distressing and traumatizing expertise. We’re grateful that nobody was bodily harmed, however the emotional toll and the injury to the occasion’s ambiance have been important.”
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