THIS is the horror moment a YouTuber was shot in the stomach in a crowded shopping center during a prank gone wrong.
The video shows a challenging encounter between Tanner Cook, 21, one of the people behind the Classified Goons channel, and Alan Colie, a 31-year-old food delivery driver.
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The moment Alan Colie shoots a YouTuber while harassing him for a prank Credit: YouTube/ Fox5
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Pranksters jump Collie, left, at Dulles Town Center in VirginiaCredit: YouTube/ Fox5
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Tanner Cook was shot in the abdomen and liver
Cook was seen approaching Colie at the Popeye’s counter at Dulles Town Center in Sterling, Virginia.
He shoves his phone in Colie’s face and uses the Google Translate app to repeat the phrase “Hey, dips**t, stop thinking about my glitter” in English and Spanish.
Colie stepped back and asked Cook three times to stop. He tries to push the phone away from his face, but Cook is persistent.
After 20 seconds of that, Colie pulls out a gun and shoots Cook in the stomach.
Cook was shot through the stomach and liver, and spent several days fighting for his life in intensive care.
Colie was pinned down and arrested by officers at the scene in April this year.
On Thursday, a jury found him not guilty of grievous bodily harm.
His lawyers argued that he acted in self-defense.
Colie was also acquitted of a lesser firearms charge, but was convicted of another, which he plans to appeal.
During the trial, prosecutor Eden Holmes said Cook’s joke was not threatening and Colie needed a reasonable fear of imminent danger to claim self-defence.
He told the court: “They played a stupid phrase on the phone.
“How could the accused establish that he was reasonably afraid of imminent physical harm?
– They were holding cell phones, not weapons.
But Adam Pouilliard, Colie’s defense attorney, blamed Cook’s 6-foot-4-inch stature for his client’s reaction during the standoff.
He said the YouTuber is “trying to confuse people into posting videos. He’s not worried about scaring people. He continues to do that.”
Many people took to social media in support of Colie, saying Cook was bullying him.
Cook’s controversial YouTube channel Classified Goons has amassed 50,000 subscribers.
Previous stunts on the channel have included taking rackets from tennis players and pretending to throw up on Uber drivers.
Cook insisted that the shooting has not deterred him from his prankster lifestyle and that he will continue to make videos.
Since it was recorded, he has released three new videos.
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Colie reportedly asked the YouTuber to stop three times Credit: YouTube/ Fox5
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Colie was acquitted after claiming he acted in self-defenseCredit: AP
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Source: newstars.edu.vn