YouTube Prankster Shot & Killed By Robbery ‘Victim’

[Sugar Cookie]

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.

The homicide unit is investigating a claim of self-defense in the shooting, MNPD stated in a Saturday news release.

Timothy Wilks, 20, was shot and killed in the parking lot of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park around 9:20 p.m. When officers arrived at the scene around five minutes later, 23-year-old David Starnes Jr. admitted to shooting Wilks.

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.

Starnes, who told officers he was unaware of the prank, said he shot Wilks in defense of himself and others, according to the release.

Police: Man shot, killed in Hermitage after 'prank robbery' for YouTube video went wrong

A man was killed in a shooting on Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage Friday night after an alleged "prank robbery" for a YouTube video went wrong.

www.tennessean.com

 

[Craygor]

.... Wilks and a friend approached a group of people ... with butcher knives while participating in a "prank" robbery ...

One fucking less idiot.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

Did the victim know the shooter? Was this a friend prank or did they do this to a stranger?

 

[RavagesTheCabbages]

Come at me with a butcher knife you're getting shot too. How dumb can you be? Oh, wait..... dumb enough to want to be youtube famous. Wtf wants to watch prank shit on youtube anyway? (Nm, I know, other dummies)

 

[Metalfan]

I can understand shaving cream in shoes or baby oil on the toilet seat,that shit is funny,but this guy deserved it,good riddance.

 

[Spider]

Gotta love it when dumbfucks win those stupid prizes for playing stupid games.

 

[Busy Bee]

The plan for this “prank “ was not well laid, they didn’t really think this out to the end result. Who thinks getting robbed at knifepoint is humorous ? Sorry the guy was shot and so sorry that the shooter is put through the emotional drama of an investigation! Not too bright, his bulb was dim!

 

[Symmachus]

I know I'm not part of the jury, but based on the present publicly available information, it seems like it could be a justified self-defense killing.

Youtube pranksters are among the many nadirs of human existence.

 

[Blizzard]

One does not do that kind of shit in USA. The best killer clown prank videos for example can only be done in countries where people do not carry.

And besides, wth is funny or in any sense good to watch about a prank robbery?????? what kind of appeal is that.

 

[Sejanus]

Life lesson...


I really hate stupid people and honestly rejoice when they die due to their own idiocy.
Give the shooter a parade!

 

[LFODBiker]

Just when you think that the bullet proof book idiots couldn't be topped.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Timothy Wilks, 20

 

[Freyja]

What a couple of dumbasses, thinking this kind of thing is funny to pull on some stranger!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

David Starnes Jr. was never sentenced or charged for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Timothy Wilks in February 2021. The incident took place in the parking lot of a Nashville, Tennessee, indoor trampoline park, where Wilks and a friend approached a group of people with butcher knives while filming a "robbery prank" for a YouTube video