Who is Tanner Cook? YouTuber shot while playing a prank
Tanner Cook is a 21-year-old YouTube star who is most notable for his prank videos. He has a YouTube channel called Classified Goons with over 38K subscribers at the time of writing. During a prank that went awry at the Dulles Town Center mall, he was shot and sustained serious injuries to his stomach and liver.
As a result, Cook is now hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Thankfully, the medical team is optimistic that he will make a full recovery.
The 21-year-old YouTuber has shown signs of improvement and even spoke to the media from his bed in the ICU. Despite the seriousness of his injury, Cook said that he intends to continue creating content because it's his passion.
Although Tanner Cook is well-known for creating prank videos, his latest attempt went sideways when he targeted the wrong person. On Sunday, Cook attempted to prank Alan Colie, a 31-year-old man who was carrying a firearm.
Regrettably, Cook was shot during the troll. Colie was taken into police custody and charged with several serious offenses, including aggravated malicious wounding, using a firearm to commit a felony, and firing a weapon within a building.
Although the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office did not reveal the identity of the victim, court records and a judge at the Loudoun County General District Court hearing confirmed that Tanner Cook was the individual involved in the incident.
During the arraignment of the suspect, Alan Colie, a resident of Leesburg, Cook's name was mentioned in open court.
Despite his injury, Tanner Cook spoke to the media about the incident and shed some light on what happened. He revealed that Alan Colie did not react well to the prank, which ultimately led to the shooting. He said:
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