p>A US Air Force veteran has broken down while describing his experience at being the latest victim of the risky "swatting" trend. hackers report a bogus emergency in the hopes of forming a SWAT team.

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p>Joshua Peters, 27, was returning from Kuwait for medical evacuation. He was playing games on his browser and live-streaming from his home in St Cloud. Ten armed officers stormed his house.

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p>The hoaxer found Peters address and contacted the local police, telling them that someone had 'shot their roommate, and they were pointing their gun at them', according to The Guardian.

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p>Police also heard two gunshots go out prior to the call ending.

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p>Joshua Peters, a 27-year-old former US Air Force officer, was the latest victim in the'swatting' trend that has been that is sweeping the internet of streaming. Hackers claim to have created fake emergencies with the aim of mobilizing an SWAT team.

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p>Emotional: Peters was live streaming playing RuneScape? when he was smacked, with about 60,000 watching it unfold online. Then, he spoke to the camera and broke down (pictured).

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p>Peters claimed that his siblings were home and that his 10-year-old brother walked in his door.

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p>He lives now with his parents. His mother was also in the home.

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p>Peters was compelled to stand on the floor by the police team.

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p>At this point, he realized what was going on and tried to explain the situation to police. He was streaming the popular games RuneScape? and Clash of the Clans.

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p>The police investigated the house and realized Peters was telling the truth.

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p>He returned to his computer about 15 minutes later.

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p>The entire incident was streamed live by the camera with a whopping 60,000 viewers watching it.

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p>An emotional Peters then addressed the issue and claimed he was swatted.

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p>Vet: Joshua Peters was evacuated from Kuwait and then returned to Kuwait.

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p>"I saw police point an arrow at my brothers because of you,' Peters said through tears, with a video of the incident which was later posted to YouTube.

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p>They could have been shot, they could have died.

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p>"Because you chose to swipe my stream.

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p>"I don't care--- about what you have against me or what I did to you.

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p>'For that I am at a loss for words.

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p>"Your problem is with you.

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p>"But don't involve my family in this."

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p>"They don't deserve it."

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p>Gamer: Peters was playing the popular browser games Clash of Clans and Runescape when the attack took place which scared his family.

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p>Peters stated that he believed that the attack was random in an interview with The Guardian following the swatting incident.

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p>Other Swatting attacks have seen hackers track down addresses of streaming users using online data and then prank them.

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p>He said, "There are no people I can think of who would do this to me." https://extrememining.net/ </p>

p>"Before it became known, my face was on the floor with my hands open and there were a bunch police officers with assault rifles.

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p>Peters said he's seen other streamers get hit with a swat.

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p>St Cloud police are looking into what happened to Peters.

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p>They are trying to find the person responsible for the emergency call.

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p>Unfortunately, swatting is not a new phenomenon in the gaming industry.

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p>This risky prank that involves hackers releasing a fake emergency with the goal to mobilize an SWAT team, was first discovered around 2011 when streaming became more popular.

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