An 81-year-old streamer, who is using her streams to raise funds for cancer treatment, has beenswattedwhile she was sleeping, becoming the latest victim of a terrifying online trend. Sue Jacquot, known to hundreds of thousands of internet viewers asGrammaCrackers, was startled from her sleep in the early hours of Tuesday morning, when heavily armed tactical officers surrounded her suburban home.
The quiet community of Queen Creek, Arizona, was transformed into a staging ground for a major tactical operation at approximately 11:00pm on 19 May. Acting on an anonymous tip, local emergency units deployed five SWAT vehicles and roughly 20 police cars to Jacquot's home.
The caller, who reportedly spoke with a distinct French accent, informed emergency dispatchers that Jacquot had been shot and killed by her 17-year-old grandson, Jack Self, who then intended to turn the weapon on himself.
As reported by local news outlet12News, home security footage captured the moment more than a dozen officers in full tactical gear breached the property. Armed officers moved through the home and woke Jacquot from a deep sleep, escorting her safely outside while technicians searched the perimeter.
'They came in, and one person took one arm and the other the other, and they just sort of escorted me out, and they were apologizing,' Jacquot later recollected. Police spent three hours conducting a meticulous sweep before officially declaring the incident a dangerous hoax.
Meanwhile, on her YouTube channel, GrammaCrackers shared that she was sleeping when the ordeal happened: 'I was asleep, I did not want to get up, and these policemen came in the door,' she recalled.
Amidst the terrifying situation, the 81-year-old streamer managed to make the situation lighter, 'They locked me out. I didn't know what was going on, but it was kinda fun. My kid and my grandkid were hugging me; I don't get that kind of attention normally.'
She added, 'Then I got to ride in a police car. I've never ridden in a police car before. Then it was all over, so I thought "Well, I've gotta go to bed", so I took an ibuprofen and went to bed.' Adding that the police officers were 'so nice to me, I loved them, shout out to them, they were wonderful.'
While she occasionally plays popular games such as Fortnite and Roblox, her core following centres on her collaborative Minecraft gaming videos alongside her grandsons, Austin and Jack.
The record-breaking, round-the-clock live broadcast titled 'Not Ending Until I Beat Minecraft' was conceived out of sheer financial necessity. Her 17-year-old grandson, Jack, has endured more than 200 intensive chemotherapy sessions over the past 18 months to combat a severe form of cancer.
Source: International Business Times UK
