A stunt went horribly wrong on America’s Got Talent when Ryan Stock, a Canadian stunt performer, magician, and sword swallower, was shot in the neck with a flaming arrow. And the shot was fired by his fiance!

It was a pretty tricky routine.

“Amber just shot Ryan and he needs to go to a hospital now.”

After swallowing a sword and an arrow to warm up, Stock swallowed an object that had an eight-inch target on the bottom. Amber Lynn climbed a pink ladder and fired a flaming arrow from a crossbow, the idea being to hit that target.

It didn’t happen quite that way though.

https://youtu.be/ZMgUUn6-V5A

It was all televised live, and the judges had some pretty strong reactions.

Even Simon Cowell, who is the Executive Producer and known for being less than personable at times, was upset, “Why are we judging this act? Amber just shot Ryan and he needs to go to a hospital now.”

Host, Nick Cannon, assured everyone after a commercial break that Stock had been checked out by on set EMTs and seemed to be doing fine, and Stock himself went on Twitter to let us know he was okay.

Needless to say, we won’t be seeing Stock back for the finals.

America’s Got Talent airs Tuesday and Wednesday nights on City

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