It could have been but taking a bullet is a helluva staged event, a small mistake and you are dead.
I think it waw more of a case of FAFO.
Yeah some of those pranks I’m not so sure are staged. I think they make so much money from monetization that it’s worth it to them. There’s one guy that messes with street thugs all the time. It could be staged who knows.
More a case of gene pool cleaning.