‘Funny As Hell’: Young Reporter Flooded With Gloating Death Threats After Claiming To Have Been Robbed At Gunpoint In Minneapolis

Gloating and death threats inundated a young reporter online after he said he was robbed at gunpoint during the protests roiling Minneapolis on Wednesday night.

Kyle Hooten, 21, who is a reporter with Alpha News MN and a contributor to The Daily Caller, tweeted Wednesday, “Just got robbed at gunpoint in Minneapolis for my bulletproof vest and backpack[.]”