YouTube Prank Ends in Disaster

[mzeiya]

A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Nashville business Friday night after a robbery "prank" for a YouTube channel went wrong, according to police.

When officers got to Urban Air in the city's Hermitage neighbourhood about 9:20 p.m., they learned Timothy Wilks, 20, and a friend approached a group of people, including David Starnes Jr., with butcher knives as part of the prank.

Starnes, 23, told detectives he was unaware of the prank and shot Wilks in self-defence, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Saturday in a statement.

Starnes has not been charged in connection with the incident, which remains under investigation.

Metropolitan Nashville police could not be reached by phone or email on Saturday to provide additional details, including the status of the friend who was with Wilks at the time of his death and whether Starnes had a gun permit.

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Darwin Award Winner.

 

[Field Marshal]

Damn, I was just about to post this under the title, 'Darwin Takes a Walk Again'.................

 

[It's Me Scumbag]

And the award winners are getting younger and younger...soon there go be no winners.

 

[Anglututu]

What I can say, wazungu wako no mchezo mbaya sana. They take things too far.

 

[Kender9]

Naswa siku moja walijaribu prank ya kukata jamaa kichwa na powersaw, karibu @Pamba 1 wa AP awalishe copper. Sema majamaa kukauka midomo na kutetemeka wakijiexplain

 

[Python]

Once a friend tried to give me a sneaky jump scare nikamtandika ngumi. It's very dangerous to scare people.