Definitely not the same as Houdini and his wife’s famous acts...
Better info from KSTP News...
“According to a criminal complaint, the 19-year-old Perez told authorities Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a bullet into a book he was holding against his chest. She says she fired from about a foot (0.3 meters) away.
Perez also told authorities Ruiz showed her a different book that he had shot, and the bulled did not go all the way through.
The incident was captured on two cameras. Police said the firearm used matched the .50 caliber Desert Eagle located on the scene.”