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A 21-year-old was recording a practical joke for his YouTube channel in a mall in Virginia when he claims the man he was pranking shot him in the abdomen.
Tanner Cook, a prankster on the YouTube page Classified Goons, was rushed to intensive care on Sunday following the incident at the shopping complex in Dulles.
According to the CBS News affiliate station WUSA, the bullet pierced his stomach and liver.
Cook remained in hospital following surgery.
Speaking to WUSA from hospital, he said he had been playing a "simple practical joke" on a man in the mall, who "didn't take it very well".
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The man proceeded to shoot him, he said.
Tanner Cook was rushed to intensive care on Sunday (WUSA9)In spite of his injuries, Cook told WUSA that he intends to continue making prank videos.
Cook's YouTube account has almost 40,000 subscribers, who tune in to see his regular videos showing him playing pranks on unsuspecting members of the public.
In earlier videos Cook is shown going behind the counter at a fast-food restaurant, pretending to vomit on Uber drivers and trailing strangers in stores.
Alan Colie, allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and shot Cook when he tried to prank him (WUSA9)Several of these clips show his victims becoming aggressive, with one target even calling the police.
Prior to the shooting, Cook had and his friend had been recording a prank video near the Cheesecake Factory in Dulles Town Center mall's food court.
The suspect, named by Insider as Alan Colie, allegedly pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and shot him.
Tanner Cook, a prankster who runs the YouTube page Classified Goons (WUSA9)Cook's family said the footage was now part of the evidence against Colie, 31, who has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding, shooting in the commission of a felony, and discharging firearms within an occupied building.
In a news release, Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said it did not appear that the suspect and the victim knew each other previously.
Colie appeared in court on Monday and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May.
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Emergency services arrest Alan Colie (WUSA9)The sheriff's office said he was being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.
While Cook had not been publicly identified by name by police, he was identified in court documents as the victim of the shooting.