Mon Feb 08, 2021 at 12:43pm ET
The police in Nashville, Tennessee, are investigating the death of a man after a YouTube prank went horribly wrong.
Yesterday evening, 20-year-old Timothy Wilks was shot dead in the parking lot of a family-friendly trampoline park after he ‘pretended to rob’ a group of people.
It’s been reported that Wilks and a friend approached a group of people having armed themselves with large butcher knives and demanded that they hand over their cash.
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Wilks was then shot dead by a member of the group, 23-year-old David Starnes Jr, who later told police that he was acting in self-defense.
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Timothy Wilks is not the first YouTuber killed by a prank – three fails that ended tragically
On Friday 5th February 2021, 20-year-old YouTuber Timothy Wilks was shot dead after his failed prank for his channel. However, his incident was not the first time YouTube pranks have gone wrong, here are two other well-known accidents.
YouTuber pranks used to be huge a few years ago, such as channels like Pranks vs Pranks, Roman Atwood and FouseyTube. As time goes on, YouTubers have slowly gotten riskier with their videos, hoping to go viral, so much that some have attempted life-threatening stunts.
Most recently, YouTuber Timothy Wilks partipated in a robbery prank in Nashville, Tennessee, resulting in his death.
A man was shot and killed Friday night in Nashville, Tenn., after wielding a butcher knife for a robbery "prank" intended for YouTube, police said, according to reports.