A Louisiana 19-year-old girl, Paris King, and some other three people have been shot dead while filming a TikTok milk crate challenge video on social media.
According to reports, the shooting erupted just after 5:30 p.m. outside Linwood Public Charter School in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Video footage shows a man attempting to climb a milk crate pyramid just as gunfire breaks out.
“Get my gun, get my gun!” one man shouted. Another man shouted, “Where my baby?” It is unclear if the man doing the crate challenge survived the shooting.
Initial reports were that two people were shot outside the school. First responders found Paris King shot dead in the backseat of a car at the scene.
A police spokesman told local media that a man tried to drive away after the shooting but stopped when he realized King was shot in the back seat.
The driver of the car, and the other passenger, did not suffer injuries, according to reports.
The Viral #MilkCrateChallenge Craze
The viral #MilkCrateChallenge, a new challenge that has set social media on fire and spawned millions of videos on TikTok, is likely inspired by the remarkable athleticism displayed during the Tokyo Olympic Games earlier this summer or by pure boredom.
People started creating obstacle courses by stacking plastic milk crates on top of each other to form a pyramid and then attempted to climb over them.
Well, it goes without saying that this is dangerous, and the task is so challenging and takes such skill to complete that people also refer to it as the “Hood Olympics”.
While those plastic containers can support plenty of weight, they’re not at all that stable once stacked on top of each other. Unfortunately, for most participants, unsuccessful attempts result in some pretty painful-looking falls and injuries that become the kind of content the internet lives for. Multiple serious injuries have been reported.
Currently, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram timelines are flooded with videos of people risking it all to prove their talents and athletic abilities in front of crowds of spectators.
While most end up with nothing but regrets, others have completed the challenge effortlessly, and one brave woman even made it through while wearing high heels. The challenge has already become a meme. Celebrities have even tried it, and, as usual, someone is already trying to make a quick buck out of it.
The process begins by finding as many milk crates as possible and stacking them up like a game of Tetris until it looks like a pyramid. Then one person is tasked with going up step by step until they get to the other side without the crates faltering underneath them. Some people are placing bets to see who in their circle has the courage and the ability to survive.
If you don’t make it, be prepared to be teased by everyone around you and for the rest of the world to join in after they inevitably share the video online.
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