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Youtube anchor spoofed passers-by and caused dissatisfaction: he was shot in the abdomen

Youtube anchor spoofed passers-by and caused dissatisfaction: he was shot in the abdomen

Julian

2023-04-05


On April 2 local time, Youtube anchor Tanner Cook was shot in a shopping mall in Virginia, USA, and was shot in the abdomen.

Youtube anchor spoofed passers-by and caused dissatisfaction: he was shot in the abdomen

The "Classified Goons" filming team to which Tanner Cook belongs has been releasing spoof videos on Youtube since May 2022, and they rely on these videos to gain millions of hits on TikTok and Youtube. Some of the team's most popular videos have included exaggerating the spotting of a photographer in a mall filming random passers-by, and having a team member run to a car dealership claiming that the car for sale in the store was his stolen car.

Youtube anchor spoofed passers-by and caused dissatisfaction: he was shot in the abdomen

But this time they "overturned the car" during the filming. Tanner Cook was shot by passers-by while recording a spoof video in a shopping mall in Sterling, Virginia. Fortunately, his life was not serious, and his stomach and liver were injured. The man who fired the gun has been arrested.

Youtube anchor spoofed passers-by and caused dissatisfaction: he was shot in the abdomen

Cook said, "I just made a joke, a simple spoof, and this person reacted violently, and then shot at me." Cook also said that the shooting incident will not make him back down, and he will continue Shooting this parody video because it's his "passion".