![]() Saturday, no charges have been placed.Ĭassandra Stephenson covers business at The Tennessean, part of the USA Today Network - Tennessee. Published: 10:37, Updated: 11:17, A MAN who shot dead a YouTube prankster told cops he had no idea what he thought was a violent robbery was actually a video stunt. A man has been shot and killed in Nashville while recording a robbery 'prank' for YouTube, police have said. The investigation is ongoing, and as of 10:30 a.m. Starnes, who told officers he was unaware of the prank, said he shot Wilks in defense of himself and others, according to the release. 20-year-old Youtuber, Timothy Wilks was shot and killed in a robbery prank gone wrong on Friday night, February 5th, 2021. ![]() Investigators were told that Wilks and a friend approached a group of people, including Starnes, with butcher knives while participating in a "prank" robbery for a YouTube video. When officers arrived at the scene around five minutes later, 23-year-old David Starnes Jr. Timothy Wilks, 20, was shot and killed in the parking lot of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park around 9:20 p.m. ![]() The homicide unit is investigating a claim of self-defense in the shooting, MNPD stated in a Saturday news release. ![]() A man was shot and killed Friday night in the parking lot of a Hermitage business after a robbery "prank" for a YouTube channel went wrong, according to Metro Nashville police. ![]()
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