One of Colie’s defense attorneys Adam Pouilliard said that his client felt menaced by the 6 foot 4 inches tall Cook during the confrontation, which was designed to provoke a reaction and to draw viewers to his YouTube channel.
Moment YouTube prankster Tanner Cook’s stunt goes badly wrong when shopper he is targeting pulls out a gun and shoots him in the chest | Daily Mail Online
Seems justifiable to me. Big guy was inside the “knife zone” (i.e., 9 foot circle) and was behaving irrationally. IMHO. I might have done the same thing!
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