Jury divided over whether delivery driver who shot YouTube prankster acted in self defense

A Loudoun County Sheriff’s car is seen. (Courtesy Twitter/Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office) A jury on Thursday said it can’t agree on whether to convict a delivery driver who shot a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year.The jury sent a note to the judge after deliberating for about three hours in the trial of Alan Colie, 31, a DoorDash driver charged with aggravated malicious wounding and firearms counts in the shooting of Tanner Cook, 21, who runs the “Classified Goons” YouTube channel. The April 2 shooting at the food court in Dulles Town Center, about 45 minutes west of the nation’s capital, set off panic as shoppers fled what they feared to be a mass shooting. The jury’s note said it is “divided in terms of whether the defendant acted in self defense.” 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. If the jury remains deadlocked, it’s likely that the judge will be forced to declare a mistrial. Colie’s defense attorney, Adam Pouilliard, said during Thursday’s closing
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