The internet exploded over a weird YouTube prank gone wrong that ended up in court after a delivery driver shot a YouTuber.
In April, YouTube comedian Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the Classified Goons channel, was shot by Alan Colie, 31, a Door Dash delivery driver, at a shopping center in Washington, Virginia.
The incident happened after Cook harassed Colie in the food court of the Dulles Towne Center mall, while she was taking food orders, following her while playing strange audio from her phone.
The phone plays the phrase “Hey dips—t, quit thinking about my twinkle” several times using the Google Translate app.
Colie backed away from Cook, told him to stop three times and tried to knock the phone out of his face before pulling out a gun and shooting Cook in the lower left chest.
Alan Colie, 31, shot YouTube comedian Tanner Cook, 21, in April after a confrontation at the Dulles Towne Center in Washington, Virginia.Twitter/@DKaplanFox5DCColie claimed that he shot Cook in self-defense.Twitter/@DKaplanFox5DC
DULLES MALL YOUTUBE PRANKSTER SHOOTING#Fox5DC obtained video of a never-before-seen interaction between Alan Colie & Tanner Cook on 4/2.
Colie: NOT GUILTY on the most serious charges after defense arguments.
Cook’s father told me his son was not a threat.#StayAhead pic.twitter.com/h8LwERdutq
— David Kaplan (@DKaplanFox5DC) September 29, 2023
The shooting sparked panic, with shoppers fleeing what they feared was a mass shooting.
Last week, a jury found Colie not guilty of grievous bodily harm, upholding his claim that he acted in self-defense.
Social media also supported Colie, who has a license to carry a concealed weapon, blasting Cook for harassing strangers.
The jury found Colie not guilty of aggravated malicious wounding. Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File
Colie’s defense attorney, Adam Pouilliard, said his client felt threatened by the 6-foot, 4-inch Cook during the confrontation, which was designed to provoke a reaction that drew viewers to Cook’s YouTube channel.
Pouilliard said that by doing such stunts, Cook “is trying to mislead people into posting videos.” He wasn’t worried that he was scaring people. He continues to do this.”
However, prosecutor Eden Holmes argued that Colie’s shooting of Cook did not meet the requirements of self-defense, and that the prank was strange but not threatening.
He said that the law requires that Colie reasonably fear he is in imminent danger of harm, and requires that he should not use more force than necessary.
The jury had previously sent a note to the judge saying they could not agree on whether to convict him.
After being sent home for further discussion, they went down to Colie’s side.
A jury split on two lesser firearms charges, acquitting him of malicious discharge but convicting him of shooting into an occupied dwelling, for which he could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
Classified Goons Cook’s channel, which has 56,000 subscribers, features pranks such as pretending to vomit on an Uber driver and following unsuspecting customers through a department store.
Cook said he earns $2,000-3,000 a month from the channel.
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