![]() ![]() She said that his younger siblings and cousins viewed him as a role model. Shirley described Timothy as ‘soft-spoken’ and said that he was in school pursuing a career in HVAC. ![]() “It’s still pretty much a mystery to me.” Wilks’ grandmother urged parents to monitor their kids’ internet activities Timothy Wilks and Timothy’s grandmother, Shirley Berryĭays after the fatal shooting, Timothy’s grandmother, Shirley Berry, urged parents to monitor their kids’ activities on the internet.īerry said she didn’t know Timothy had launched a YouTube career. “As far as this YouTube stuff, this is something new to me that he was actually into it,” she told WKRN. Police didn’t arrest David or Wilks’ friend. “I’m sure the people involved would like to characterize this as a prank,” a lawyer speaking to local Fox affiliate WZTV summarized the incident. “But it certainly seems to be a prank that went seriously awry.” David said that he didn’t know the attempted robbery was a prank. stayed at the scene until emergency services arrived he told police that he’d acted in self-defense. felt threatened and retaliated by fatally shooting Timothy. ![]() The pair chose the Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park parking lot as the scene of their fake crime.īrandishing their knives, the pair approached a group in the car park. They planned to record people’s reactions to being held at knifepoint. In February 2021, Timothy and his friend armed themselves with butcher knives to film prank robbery videos. Timothy Wilks was shot while creating a prank robbery video Regrettably for Timothy Wilks, his shot at internet fame through a dangerous stunt culminated in his death. Sometimes it works other times, it ends in disaster. Unfortunately, the internet has become saturated by pranks however, instead of searching for another way to go viral, content creators have opted to dial up the stunts, making them more outrageous and dangerous. Judging by the number of internet stars who still film and post prank videos, the move works. Prank videos have become a popular go-to way for content creators to attract followers. ![]()
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