YouTube Prank Gone Wrong: Man Acquitted After Shooting Prankster

A YouTube prank gone wrong resulted in a delivery driver shooting a YouTuber in a shopping center in Virginia. The prankster, Tanner Cook, harassed the driver, Alan Colie, by playing bizarre audio from his phone. Colie claimed self-defense and was found not guilty of aggravated malicious wounding. The incident caused panic among shoppers who feared a mass shooting. Social media supported Colie, criticizing Cook for harassing a stranger. The jury was split on lesser firearms charges, acquitting Colie on one charge but convicting him of shooting into an occupied dwelling. Cook's YouTube channel, Classified Goons, features pranks and earns him a monthly income of $2,000-3,000.