20year old shot dead while filming robbery prank for YouTube

A 20-year-old YouTuber Timothy Wilks has been shot dead in the parking lot of a Hermitage, Tenn. trampoline park on the evening of last Friday.

Police stated that Wilks and a friend, who was not identified in the Press Release, allegedly approached a group of people with butcher knives in their hands.

According to Police, Wilks and the other individual intended to stage a fake robbery as part of a YouTube video, before DavidStarnes Jr. then shot Wilks.

When authorities arrived on the scene, Starnes Jr. claimed he pulled the trigger in self-defense and was “unaware” that it was only a prank.

Starnes Jr. is not currently facing charges.

Wilks’ death amplifies an ongoing trend of YouTube pranks going awry.

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