Delivery driver Alan Colie was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of prankster Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the ‘Classified Goons’ YouTube channel
A delivery driver who shot a YouTuber after he harassed and followed him during a filmed store prank has been let go by a court.
Alan Colie, 31, was acquitted of aggravated malicious wounding in the shooting of Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the “Classified Goons” YouTube channel. The jury was split though on two lesser firearms counts and decided to convict him on one and acquit him on the other.
The April 2 shooting at the food court in Dulles Town Centre, about 45 minutes west of the nation’s capital, set off panic as shoppers fled what they feared to be a mass shooting. Colie pleaded not guilty and said he was acting in self defence.
The verdict came Thursday after about five hours of deliberation. Three hours in, the jury sent out a note saying it was “divided in terms of whether the defendant acted in self defence.” Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Matthew Snow called the jury back into the courtroom around 3.30 p.m. and urged them to continue deliberations, a standard admonition given to juries that indicate they are deadlocked.