Fortnite Player Arrested by FBI After Threatening to Shoot FBI Agents in Voice Chat
A 29-year-old Fortnite player from Alabama was arrested by the FBI after allegedly threatening to shoot federal agents during an in-game voice chat, only for those same agents to show up at his home days later.
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