"Prank" robber ends up really dead

[funkymonkey1111]

This seems like a really bad idea for a plan to get famous on youtube:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-man-shot-killed-after-youtube-video-prank-goes-wrong-n1256940

[SideShow Bob]

Read about this last week on another forum....... Stupidity at its finest.....

A little more information in this article :

https://heavy.com/news/timothy-wilks-tennessee

[Eric P]

This is the most disturbing part of the article "They also did not confirm whether Starnes had a gun permit."

Why the fvck do you need a gun permit? The 2nd Amendment!!! We need to get this permitting nonsense out of the general public's mindset.

Its about time Darwin starts claiming these youtube dummies

[HunterCO]

Stupid hurts threatening someones life with a deadly weapon is not a prank its sheer stupidity.

[Gman]

I guess nobody expected anybody to respond to the threat.

The level of stupid in this country is out of control. Seems like people can't think a half step ahead of what they're doing.

At least they won't do it again.

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[buffalobo]

Hopefully saved some of our future tax dollars. Somebody that stupid was gonna cost tax dollars eventually.

[FoxtArt]

Anyone else wonder if they just allege it's a "prank" here as a fallback?

I wouldn't be surprised to see more people doing that here and there. "No officer, I was breaking into the house as a prank, I wasn't after their $35,000 jewelry collection in that room there"

[JohnnyDrama]

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Its about time Darwin starts claiming these youtube dummies

Along those lines, it's good to know Darwin shows up for work every now and then.

[JohnnyDrama]

@Gman - despair.com is one of my favorites.

[Gman]

@Gman - despair.com is one of my favorites.
[Awesom]

[.455_Hunter]

The Darwin Review Committee has a lot of work to do.

[Bailey Guns]

(My best Red Forman voice) "Dumbass!"

[Great-Kazoo]

Anyone else wonder if they just allege it's a "prank" here as a fallback?

I wouldn't be surprised to see more people doing that here and there. "No officer, I was breaking into the house as a prank, I wasn't after their $35,000 jewelry collection in that room there"

Interesting, to consider as a potential excuse.

But one should never use gun, in an alibi, either .

[theGinsue]

I'm honestly surprised this hasn't happened before or more often.

Anyone here remember those idiots in the clown masks scaring/chasing folks several years back? I was surprised I didn't read about this same result back then.

With more folks armed today than ever before, idiots wanting to pull these types of stunts better stick to people they know aren't armed - "know your audience".

[funkymonkey1111]

Anyone else wonder if they just allege it's a "prank" here as a fallback?

I wouldn't be surprised to see more people doing that here and there. "No officer, I was breaking into the house as a prank, I wasn't after their $35,000 jewelry collection in that room there"

i think you're exactly right---"i didn't mean it--it was just a prank! he didn't need to shoot me" is the new "he was a good boy. he didn't deserve to be shot for stealing bread"

[Martinjmpr]

i think you're exactly right---"i didn't mean it--it was just a prank! he didn't need to shoot me" is the new "he was a good boy. he didn't deserve to be shot for stealing bread"

"He's just a poor boy from a poor family, spare him his life from this monstrosity."

[Aloha_Shooter]

When I first heard about this incident, several of the comments pointed out that the doofus who tried this "prank" hadn't realized or taken into consideration that many (most?) of the similar pranks posted on YouTube or Instagram or whatever were staged. Pulling this stunt without warning -- especially on a group that includes someone who carries -- is just asking to get hurt (or dead as this case points out).

[Duman]

If you search 'fails' on Youtube, there are an endless supply of Darwin candidates, new ones joining every day.

[Gman]

All in the name of ?content?. Fail videos get clicks too.

[KS63]

I Googled this incident and saw multiple images of Timothy Wills being Black or White. Two different people.