A YouTuber was making a prank video in a Virginia mall. He said the prankee took it badly and shot him.
Tanner Cook of the YouTube channel 'Classified Goons' said he was recording a practical joke when a prankee took it badly and shot him in the abdomen.
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A 21-year-old man said he was recording a practical joke for his YouTube channel in a mall in Dulles, Virginia when a prankee got mad and shot him in the abdomen.
Tanner Cook, a prankster on the YouTube page Classified Goons, was in intensive care on Sunday after a bullet pierced his stomach and liver, according to the CBS News affiliate station WUSA.
He remains in a hospital following surgery. Cook's father, Jeramy Cook told Insider his son's gallbladder was removed during surgery and that he'd been on heavy medication to deal with the pain. The elder Cook said he's hopeful that his son will recover.
Speaking to WUSA from his hospital bed, Cook said: "I was playing a prank, a simple practical joke, and this guy didn't take it very well and shot me."