Tanner Cook is part of the YouTube channel Classified Goons and has taken over the headlines after he got shot in a mall in Virginia while trying to conduct a prank video over the weekend. The channel has around 40K subscribers on YouTube and primarily features IRL prank videos of Cook. Tanner Cook has since been hospitalized after he was shot by the person he was trying to prank.
While the prankee was initially arrested for shooting Cook, the latest reports suggest the YouTuber might also be charged for creating a nuisance in a public space that led to the altercation in the first place.
Practical jokes have long been part of content creation. While TV shows such as Impractical Jokers enjoy a big cast and crew to create a safe environment, YouTubers and TikTokers seldom have the luxury of having a big crew to help them pull off pranks.
Furthermore, pranks also come in a wide variety and it is difficult to judge exactly how someone would react in public if a complete stranger tries to prank them. 21-year-old Tanner Cook found that out the hard way. According to him, he was trying to film a prank video for his YouTuber channel Classified Goons at a mall in Dulles, Virginia last weekend when a prankee named Alan Colie (31) got fed up and shot him in the abdomen with a semi-automatic pistol.
Cook spent the rest of the Sunday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and had to be treated for a bullet wound that reportedly pierced vital organs such as the stomach and liver, as per local news authorities. He is expected to make a full recovery, according to his family.
Tanner Cook's father Jeremy also revealed to the press that during the operation, his gallbladder had to be removed. He has also revealed the nature of the prank that got
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