

Starnes said he was unaware of the prank and shot Wilks in defense of himself and others. When officers responded to the scene at 9:25 p.m., David Starnes Jr., 23, was there and admitted to shooting Wilks.ĭetectives were told that Wilks and a friend were participating in a ‘prank’ robbery as part of a YouTube video and approached a group of people, including Starnes, with butcher knives.

“Homicide Unit detectives are investigating a claim of self-defense in Friday night’s fatal shooting of Timothy Wilks, 20, in the parking lot of Urban Air on Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage. Metro Nashville police said Timothy Wilks, 20, was shot and killed in Nashville while participating in what detectives were told was a 'prank' robbery with a friend for a YouTube video.

Robbery-style video pranks are common on some social media channels, although YouTube has. While no arrests have been made in the shooting, police issued a statement about the fatal shooting of Wilks that reads: Timothy Wilks, 20, died in the shooting, according to the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department. shot Wilks in self-defense, claiming that he had no idea that Wilks and his friend were filming a prank for a YouTube video. 1K 127K views 1 year ago truecrime prankgonewrong timothywilks A 20-year-old has been shot dead allegedly taking part in a 'prank' robbery being filmed for YouTube. However, soon it became a prank gone wrong as he was shot to death in Nashville, Tennessee last Friday. A 20-year-old YouTuber Timothy Wilks was filming a YouTube prank video. In turn, a 23-year-old man named David Stern Jr. A horrible prank accident leads to a YouTubers untimely death.
