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Posted: 4/4/2023 11:34:00 AM EDT

https://www.yahoo.com/news/youtuber-making-prank-video-virginia-104657336.html

A YouTuber was shot in the abdomen while recording a prank video at a Virginia mall on Sunday.

Tanner Cook of Classified Goons said the shooting suspect didn't take the joke "very well."

Cook, who was in intensive care, said he will continue to make prank videos after his recovery.

A 21-year-old man said he was recording a practical joke for his YouTube channel in a mall in Dulles, Virginia, when a prankee got mad and shot him in the abdomen.

Tanner Cook, a prankster on the YouTube page Classified Goons, was in intensive care on Sunday after a bullet pierced his stomach and liver, according to the CBS News affiliate station WUSA.

He remains in a hospital following surgery.

Speaking to WUSA from his hospital bed, Cook said: "I was playing a prank, a simple practical joke, and this guy didn't take it very well and shot me."

Cook, whose YouTube account has almost 40,000 subscribers, regularly posts videos of him playing pranks on unsuspecting members of the public.

Previous videos show him going behind the counter at a fast-food restaurant, trailing strangers in stores, and pretending to vomit on Uber drivers.

In earlier videos his victims became aggressive and even called the police

But on Sunday Cook got his most shocking response yet. He and his friend were recording a prank video near the Cheesecake Factory in Dulles Town Center mall's food court when the suspect, Alan Colie, allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and shot him.

Cook's family told WUSA the footage is now part of the evidence against Colie, 31, who was charged with aggravated malicious wounding, shooting in the commission of a felony, and discharging firearms within an occupied building.

Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that it doesn't appear that the suspect and the victim knew each other previously.

Colie appeared in court on Monday and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May. He's being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center, the sheriff's office said.

Cook was not publicly identified by name by police, but court documents identify him as the victim of the shooting.

Despite his injuries, Cook told WUSA that he intends to continue making prank videos.

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Posted: 4/4/2023 11:36:36 AM EDT

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ETA: And this moron says he'll still pull pranks. Getting gutshot wasn't enough of a warning I guess.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:38:07 AM EDT

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Better luck next time Darwin.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:38:11 AM EDT

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fool about and find out?

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:39:08 AM EDT

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FAFO

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:39:22 AM EDT

[#5]

Good shoot.

I want to see this jackasses idea of a prank.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:40:20 AM EDT

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Cook, who was in intensive care, said he will continue to make prank videos after his recovery.

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He's enough of a slow learner to go into politics.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:40:43 AM EDT

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I've seen some of those prank type videos and wondered when someone would get shot.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:40:47 AM EDT

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If it was one of those "Run around with an axe and pretend to murder people" pranks, then ima vote not guilty.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:41:26 AM EDT

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Good shoot

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:41:46 AM EDT

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No mention of what the prank was.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:42:45 AM EDT

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If it was one of those "Run around with an axe and pretend to murder people" pranks, then ima vote not guilty.

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This. The content of the prank is not mentioned.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:43:25 AM EDT

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Did I miss it?

The article doesn’t specify the ‘prank’. Could be a good shoot if he was doing something that looks like a robbery, assault, etc.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:43:28 AM EDT

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These prank videos are fucking stupid and he got what he deserved.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:44:25 AM EDT

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I've seen some of those prank type videos and wondered when someone would get shot.

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Ok good, I'm not the only one who was thinking that.

I'm almost 100% certain if you ask anyone who was in high school with this dickhead prankster, they'd say "Yeah he was a total asshole to everyone and we all hated him".

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:44:27 AM EDT

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Looking at his channel his videos range from attempting to take people's property, to pretending to vomit on them in close spaces, to accusing people of stealing in public, to sexual harassment.

Dude seems like a world class piece of shit with an also ran youtube channel with under 40k subs.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:45:15 AM EDT

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generally speaking, it is a very bad idea to fuck around with strangers.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:46:29 AM EDT

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Checked his channel out none of the pranks are worthy of shooting him over. They’re pretty funny.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:46:44 AM EDT

[#18]

FAFO, Old Dominion Edition.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:47:07 AM EDT

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Barking In People's Ears Prank!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJPubsjW-0s

Not really pranks, he is just an asshole to people.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:47:19 AM EDT

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Believe this is his channel...

https://www.youtube.com/@classifiedgoons/videos

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:47:54 AM EDT

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Posted: 4/4/2023 11:49:04 AM EDT

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Did I miss it?

The article doesn’t specify the ‘prank’. Could be a good shoot if he was doing something that looks like a robbery, assault, etc.

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If I've learned anything from the Rittenhouse case, prosecuters will demand that be withheld from evidence

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:50:33 AM EDT

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Being a YouTube "prankster" should be a shoot on sight offense in itself.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:50:37 AM EDT

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Lmao

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:51:03 AM EDT

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It was only a matter of time, surprised it took this long.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:52:36 AM EDT

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What was the prank? Pretending to be a mass shooter, shame he survived. Walking around as a clown or other silliness it may be terrible.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:53:04 AM EDT

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No bond? Let me guess on the accused boxes checked.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:53:37 AM EDT

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The article doesn't specify the 'prank'. Could be a good shoot if he was doing something that looks like a robbery, assault, etc.

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It seems like the typical "white guy acts like a retard" comedy bit. I'm not going to go through all of his videos but it doesn't seem like he does simulated assaults.

Angry Guy Charges Cameraman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_7Anj_Jtls

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:55:18 AM EDT

[#29]

A prank video I'm actually looking forward to watching!

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:55:59 AM EDT

[#30]

Not guilty.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:57:08 AM EDT

[#31]

Guy's a douchebag. He deserves to get his shit kicked in.

Shooting him in a mall was probably a bad move (although extremely understandable). Better to follow him out to his car and do a little kneecap batting practice. In Minecraft, of course.

Posted: 4/4/2023 11:59:14 AM EDT

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These prank videos are fucking stupid and he got what he deserved.

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Some of them pranksters rely on people's hesitancy to act or momentary shock. And I always wondered when someone with a quick reaction was going to take action and execute a FAFO.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:00:05 PM EDT

[#33]

Good reminder to use the Mozambique Drill if you have the opportunity to zap one of these YT assholes.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:00:06 PM EDT

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Whats really sick is that I bet that retard isn't thinking about how he made dumb choices to wind up shot I bet he is thinking that his channel will really blow up since he got some media attention.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:00:34 PM EDT

[#35]

Depends on the "prank". Jumping out with a ski mask and a fake hatchet? Yeah, you're an idiot and should get plugged. Walking by with a fart noise machine? Nah.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:02:27 PM EDT

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There was a YT/TikTok guy not long ago that was shot dead doing stupid pranks like these. He thought it would be funny to run up on people with a butcher knife pretending like he was going to stab people. He fucked around and found out.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:04:47 PM EDT

[#37]

Leave people the fuck alone.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:06:53 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/4/2023 12:07:04 PM EDT

[#39]

Good shoot

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:10:26 PM EDT

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. Perfect for this.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:12:08 PM EDT

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Any publicity is good publicity. I bet he’s over 100K subscribers now, or shortly.

No media mention of the prank itself and the general vilification of gun owners indicates that the prankster had upped the ante on the wrong person. What if the prank was leveling a rifle at an unsuspecting person in a mall?

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:12:57 PM EDT

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Lmao

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Hahahaha, where's that "oooof" gif when you need it.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:13:59 PM EDT

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Leave people the fuck alone.

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This.

Why is it so hard for some people to just mind their own fucking business and let other people mind theirs?

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:16:36 PM EDT

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I'm gonna take a wild guess since it's not mentioned it was really dumb like pretending to rob them.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:18:58 PM EDT

[#45]

What a fucking idiot

going to go with good shoot until proven otherwise

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:20:15 PM EDT

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I'm surprised it took this long.

When you accost a stranger, he has no way of knowing your intention. He should react with violence in self defense.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:20:47 PM EDT

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Better luck next time Darwin.

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But there WILL be a next time.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:21:10 PM EDT

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Pranks should be limited to your friends. Pranking strangers is stupid and dangerous. I guess that he found that out, although it doesn't appear that he has learned anything from the experience.

Posted: 4/4/2023 12:21:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/4/2023 12:22:23 PM EDT

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same

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