YouTube Prank Goes Wrong, Prankster Hospitalized After Being Shot at Virginia Mall

YouTube prankster Tanner Cook was shot while filming a video at a Virginia mall. He is recovering in the hospital, and the suspect, Alan Colie, has been arrested and charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm within a building. Cook's YouTube channel, Classified Goons, is dedicated to filming "pranks" in public settings, which often result in angry strangers. The Cooks have received numerous threatening messages since the shooting, saying Tanner deserved to get shot because of his prank videos.