In the United States, a YouTuber who was making a video pranking and observing the reactions of people who had no one-on-one relationship was shot in a shopping mall. This YouTuber is also known to have played a prank on the shooter.
According to WUSA9 and NBC News in the United States on the 5th (local time), a shooting occurred at the Dulles Town Center shopping mall in Virginia on the 3rd. In the process, YouTuber Tanner Cook was shot through by a gunman at a shopping mall and was taken to the hospital for treatment. He is said to be out of harm’s way to his life.
A 31-year-old man identified as the shooter was arrested by police at the scene. It is known that the shooter and the victim were not in an abusive relationship when they first saw each other on the day of the incident.
Victim Cook was revealed to be the operator of the YouTube channel ‘Classified Goons’. On the channel, there are videos of people doing mischievous pranks on people who do not have a one-sided relationship and watching people’s reactions. In fact, Cook embarrassed the taxi driver by pretending to vomit in the taxi in the video, and asked people to take off their clothes and dance with them, causing people to express their displeasure.
A video of YouTuber Tanner Cook pranking opponents expressing their displeasure. Capture from Classified Goons YouTube channelAccording to local police, Cook was filming a prank on the shooter at the time of the incident. However, the details of the shooting were not confirmed. The video, taken by Cook, was recorded and submitted as evidence of the shooter taking out a firearm.
“It was simply a prank,” Cook told local media. “The man who shot did not say anything or accept the prank.” He added that he had no malice when he filmed the video and that he would not stop making it.
The shooter is currently in jail and will face trial soon.
Source: Donga
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