Tanner Cook shooting video leaked, A delivery driver who shot a YouTuber

 In a recent legal development, a delivery driver named Alan Colie, who asserted self-defense as the basis for his actions in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Tanner Cook, a YouTube prankster, at a mall food court in April, has been acquitted of the primary charge of aggravated malicious wounding, as per Virginia court records. 

 

Tanner Cook was known for his YouTube channel, Classified Goons.However, the jury remained divided on a lesser firearms charge, finding Colie guilty of unlawful discharge of a firearm at a dwelling but not guilty of malicious discharge of a firearm. The latter charges, including intentional grievous bodily harm and discharging a firearm with intent, hinge on establishing that Colie acted intentionally.The jury’s verdict followed five hours of deliberation, during which they sent notes for approximately three hours, indicating their division on whether the defendant acted in self-defense, as reported by The Associated Press.In response to the jury’s impasse, a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge instructed them to continue deliberations, which is a standard procedure. Ultimately, the jury returned with their verdict by the end of the day.During the trial, jurors viewed video footage of the shooting, which occurred near the Cheesecake Factory at Dulles Town Center Mall in Virginia. At the time of the incident, Cook described Colie’s actions as a “simple joke” before the delivery driver pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and shot him.The video evidence showed Cook holding his phone close to Colie’s face and repeatedly playing a sentence from Google Translate. Colie uttered the word “stop” three times and attempted to walk away from Cook before drawing his gun and firing, as reported by the Associated Press.Prosecutor Eden Holmes contended that the facts did not substantiate a self-defense claim, arguing that Colie should have reasonably believed he faced imminent bodily harm and refrained from using excessive force. While acknowledging the bizarre nature of the prank, Holmes emphasized that it did not involve threats of violence.In Colie’s defense, his attorney, Adam Pouilliard, asserted that his client had been fearful when confronted by the YouTuber, maintaining that the conviction on the gun charge was inconsistent with the law due to Colie’s acquittal on self-defense grounds. Pouilliard requested the judge to overturn the conviction, and court records indicate that a judge will hear arguments on the issue in the coming month.