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Pregnant woman fatally shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt
A Minnesota woman killed her boyfriend Monday by shooting at a book he was holding over his chest, in a YouTube video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez,19, was attempting to make a viral video with boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III, 22, to post to their YouTube account, according to a Norman County Sheriff’s Department arrest report.
Perez, who is seven months pregnant, called 911 on Monday evening, saying she had accidentally shot her boyfriend in the chest while they were making a video, according to the arrest report.
She has been charged with second degree manslaughter. CNN has not been able to reach the public defender assigned to Perez for comment.
“They were in love. They loved each other. It was just a prank gone wrong,” Ruiz’s aunt, Claudia Ruiz, told CNN affiliate KVLY. “It shouldn’t have happened like this. It shouldn’t have happened at all.” The couple had one child and were expecting their second together, his aunt told the news station.
He thought the book would stop the bullet
Perez told police that her boyfriend wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a book and had been talking about it for awhile. He held the book up to his chest and convinced Perez to shoot at him, believing the book would stop the bullet.
Perez told police that Pedro convinced her it was a safe stunt by showing her a different book he had previously shot where the bullet did not go all the way through, according to the arrest report. He set up two cameras to film the whole thing, hoping a video of the dangerous stunt would go viral.
She fired from about a foot away with a .50-caliber Desert Eagle handgun while he held the book to his chest. It did not stop the bullet, and paramedics on the scene said Ruiz died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
They wanted more YouTube viewers
The couple wanted more YouTube viewers, his aunt told KVLY. “I don’t know why they thought the book was supposed to stop the bullet.”
The video of the fatal shooting is being treated as evidence and has not been posted, according to the criminal complaint. “Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE,” Perez tweeted Monday night, likely referring to the deadly stunt.
Pregnant woman fatally shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt
A Minnesota woman killed her boyfriend Monday by shooting at a book he was holding over his chest, in a YouTube video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez,19, was attempting to make a viral video with boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III, 22, to post to their YouTube account, according to a Norman County Sheriff’s Department arrest report.
Perez, who is seven months pregnant, called 911 on Monday evening, saying she had accidentally shot her boyfriend in the chest while they were making a video, according to the arrest report.
She has been charged with second degree manslaughter. CNN has not been able to reach the public defender assigned to Perez for comment.
“They were in love. They loved each other. It was just a prank gone wrong,” Ruiz’s aunt, Claudia Ruiz, told CNN affiliate KVLY. “It shouldn’t have happened like this. It shouldn’t have happened at all.” The couple had one child and were expecting their second together, his aunt told the news station.
He thought the book would stop the bullet
Perez told police that her boyfriend wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a book and had been talking about it for awhile. He held the book up to his chest and convinced Perez to shoot at him, believing the book would stop the bullet.
Perez told police that Pedro convinced her it was a safe stunt by showing her a different book he had previously shot where the bullet did not go all the way through, according to the arrest report. He set up two cameras to film the whole thing, hoping a video of the dangerous stunt would go viral.
She fired from about a foot away with a .50-caliber Desert Eagle handgun while he held the book to his chest. It did not stop the bullet, and paramedics on the scene said Ruiz died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
They wanted more YouTube viewers
The couple wanted more YouTube viewers, his aunt told KVLY. “I don’t know why they thought the book was supposed to stop the bullet.”
The video of the fatal shooting is being treated as evidence and has not been posted, according to the criminal complaint. “Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE,” Perez tweeted Monday night, likely referring to the deadly stunt.
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Hopefully their other child wasn't present when it happened.
Wouldn't they want to test this first? To see if it worked, say, tape the book to a tree and test? damn.
Years ago we had a radio host pull a stunt where he shot a co-host wearing a bullet proof vest. Ended up breaking a couple of his ribs and bruised the shit out of the dude, but he's fine. He said afterwards it wasn't worth it. Said he couldn't catch his breath for 5 minutes it smashed him so hard. Pretty sure it wasn't a .50cal and less powerful.
her name was fucking Monalisa?
her parents should be in jail
All for the "glory" of YouTube.
Unbelievably sad and ignorant. Thoughts and prayers for the child and unborn child to somehow have a normal life someday.
Really sad that the child had to witness something like that. Hopefully she'll eventually be able to recover from this incident and be able to provide for her kids.
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I cant figure out how this is reality for someone. I mean, I jumped off the roof with an umbrella when I was a kid, but....
Much, much wtf.
He told her that he shot a book before and that it stopped the bullet therefore it was OK to do the stunt. However it doesn't mention anything about if he told her what gun he previously used and how far away he was from the book when he shot it. It's all irrelevant really because you don't have to be Einstein in order to know 1. It's a bad idea and 2. At that range that book won't stop much.
Where ignorance of many things , is not just tolerated , but actually celebrated . Anti-intellectualism .
As you reap so shall you sow .
This post will probably disappear . Vital does its' part in dumbing every thing down .
So how bout dem bears ?
What a turd.
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