A 17-year-old accidentally called the police while playing Rainbow Six: Siege, triggering a response.
How did the player trigger a police response? Elijah Sierocki is a 17-year-old gamer from Kentucky, USA, who occasionally plays Ubisoft’s popular tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege. This was also the case on January 5, 2022.
In Rainbow Six: Siege, 10 players compete against each other in tactically-oriented 5v5 matches, trying to take or defend a spot. Alternatively, the team that eliminates all 5 opponents first wins.
So, on January 5, Elijah was sitting on his couch playing Rainbow Six: Siege. But while he was playing the shooter with his friends, he had his phone in his pocket – and that’s when the drama began.
As Elijah reveals to the site lawandcrime.com in an interview, he accidentally called the police. The 17-year-old only found out afterward when, after his in-game death, he looked at his phone to watch TikTok videos.
Instead of funny clips, he now looked at his call log and saw three missed calls and a four-minute call with the police. Until that point, Elijah hadn’t realized he had accidentally called the emergency center, and the police had been listening to him for four minutes.
The problem was clear: During those 4 minutes, the 17-year-old mentioned that he had killed two people. Although he was talking about the kills he had made in the shooter, the police were already on high alert at that time. After all, he did not respond to the callback.
About two minutes later, the Rainbow Six player then heard his dogs barking, prompting him to look out the window and see four police cars.
I was sitting on my couch playing Rainbow Six Siege with my two best friends Tyler and Devan. In the middle of a game, I killed two people, I had two kills, and then I died. So I went to my phone to watch TikTok – that’s what I usually do when I die – and I see a call on my phone. It’s 911.
Elijah Sierocki in an interview with lawandcrime.com
What happened after the police arrived? When Elijah saw the police officers on the street in front of his house, he made the decision to step outside with his hands raised. He then explained to them that he was home alone and was just playing a video game. The call had been a mistake, and no one was injured.
The conversation between Elijah and the police officers was also filmed by a camera mounted at the Sierocki family’s front door.
Here you can see a tweet sharing the camera footage:
How did the situation end? The situation ended well for everyone involved, and Elijah explains to lawandcrime.com that he can understand the police’s actions. After all, he really did say on the phone that he had killed two people. Still, he was visibly frightened and shaking because firearms were pointed at him.
But after the police officers realized it was an accident and no one was injured, they reportedly tried to calm Elijah down. One of the officers even asked him in the subsequent conversation which operator (playable character in Rainbow Six Siege) his favorite was.
What was hopefully a one-time experience for Elijah is something that some Twitch streamers have to endure regularly, sometimes multiple times a week. Time and again, nasty viewers send the police to them, claiming that a crime is occurring.
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