Man shot after threatening people with knives as a ‘prank’

[Cybermat47]

A 20-year-old has been shot dead allegedly taking part in a "prank" robbery being filmed for YouTube.

Witnesses told police Timothy Wilks and a friend had approached a group of people outside a family trampoline park in Nashville, holding large knives.

Mr Wilks was then shot by a 23-year-old, who told police he had had no idea it had been a "prank" and had been acting in self-defence.

Mr Wilks's friend told officers the "prank" had been for a YouTube video.

No-one has been arrested over the death.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55982131

Now that poor man has to live with the fact that he killed someone, and a life has been ended for the stupidest of reasons

Here’s a good video putting forward that this was a result of impressionable kids watching fake ‘prank’ videos on YouTube: