Posted on 06/28/2017 7:34:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A 19-year-old aspiring YouTube star’s boyfriend is dead after she shot him in the chest in a video stunt gone wrong...
Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton said in a statement that Monalisa Perez of Minnesota was arrested after she shot her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III, 22, in the chest. According to court documents, she shot him with a gold Desert Eagle .50 caliber handgun — considered one of the most powerful pistols in the world — in the grass outside their home while he held up a hardcover encyclopedia to block the bullet.
They set up a GoPro camera on the back of a car and put another camera on a nearby ladder on Monday evening. Once they were filming, Perez picked up the Desert Eagle and shot the book Ruiz held in front of his chest. The bullet traveled through the book and hit Ruiz in the chest.
Perez then called 911 at 6:30 p.m. local time on Monday to report the she had accidentally shot her boyfriend in the chest, according to court documents. He was pronounced dead at the scene of a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Ruiz had practiced shooting books and showed off one that a bullet did not penetrate in order to convince Perez.
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Perez, who shot Ruiz from about a foot away, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, according to court documents. She faces up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of $20,000.
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According to the YouTube videos the couple made together, they have a 3-year-old daughter and Perez is pregnant with their second.
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Read elsewhere that the girlfriend is pregnant.
If so, there goes his Darwin Award.
Oops! They also have a 3-year old.
Should have read the entire excerpt.
.50AE versus 24 layers of drywall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiJLZZdDStI
(Hint: The drywall aint happy. Not even #24.)
Best they will likely get is 3rd degree murder in MN. I’d guessing she doesn’t get 1st degree because it requires a grand jury indictment and that’s tough.
Ruiz, Perez....Ok...you all are correct.
Names all look the same to me....<: <: <:
Still gets a dumb award.
Of course he is dead and still dumber than her.
I guess in a way one could call that ‘Assisted Suicide’...
Ruiz, Perez....Ok...you all are correct.
Names all look the same to me....<: <: <:
Still gets a dumb award.
Of course he is dead and still dumber than her.
I guess in a way one could call that ‘Assisted Suicide’...
“Oops! They also have a 3-year old.”
The kid is going to have a problem when he has a school report due and he goes looking for that encyclopedia.
“Hey mom, why does the D Encyclopedia have a big hole in the middle of it?
No chance for a “do over” with the Golden Eagle!
How does a dumb 19-year-old burger flipper (I’m assuming) afford a Desert Eagle 50??? Can I get a job flipping burgers there?
No Darwin.
1) they had bred
2) she set him up
Illegals?
Definitely stupid as all get out
100% agree.
Ruiz is the guy who got shot and who showed her a book he had shot to convince her it was safe because that book wasn't penetrated. It wasn't her idea, it was his. Probably used something similar to get her knocked up the first time.
Oh my!
But it does kind of sound like suicide by gullible girlfriend.
Wow, I bet that made a mess.
“she shot him with a gold Desert Eagle .50 caliber handgun — considered one of the most powerful pistols in the world — in the grass outside their home while he held up a hardcover encyclopedia to block the bullet”
You have to work pretty hard at it to be that stupid.
Be well.
“Book ‘em, Danno.”
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