A YouTuber was shot by a man who was the target of his prank. Here are 5 other times YouTuber's pranks ended badly.

Kenneth NiemeyerApr 6, 2023, 04:41 IST

A compilation photo that shows YouTubers The Stokes Twins (left), Tanner Cook (middle), and Kanghua Ren (right).The Stokes Twins/YouTube, Jeramy Cook, ReSet/YouTube

A man shot a YouTuber inside a Virginia mall on April 2 while he was filming a prank video.
Tanner Cook, 21, of the YouTube channel Classified Goons, said the suspect "didn't take it very well."

A man shot a YouTuber who was filming a prank video inside a Virginia mall.

Tanner Cook.Courtesy of Jeramy Cook.

In 2019, a Spanish court sentenced a YouTuber to 15 months in prison after he gave a homeless man an Oreo cookie with toothpaste inside it.

Kanghua Ren, otherwise known as "ReSet."ReSet/YouTube

Also, in 2019, YouTube stars the Stokes Twins pleaded guilty to false imprisonment after faking a pair of bank robberies for a prank video.

The Stokes twins.Luke Fontana/Amp Studios

Police arrested a YouTube prankster who called 911 about a car with "suspicious activity" that was full of Coca-Cola, not cocaine

The local police chief blasted the YouTuber for wasting emergency resources in a video.Coral Springs Police/Twitter

A Florida YouTuber was charged with a felony for impersonating a police officer and later entered a plea deal with officials

A screenshot of a YouTube video showing Charles Ross dressed in a police uniform.Real World Police/YouTube

A New Jersey YouTuber was arrested for pulling a knife on a ShopRite employee while filming a prank video, police say

A screenshot of the music video for Was EBK's song "Trendsetters."Nas EBK, YouTube

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