Posted on 03/14/2018 3:23:50 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
The woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend during what she said was a video stunt gone wrong has been sentenced in Norman County to 180 days in jail.
Monalisa Perez pleaded guilty in December to manslaughter in connection to the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, in Halstad last June. She'll serve an additional 10 years of probation.
A judge granted her request to serve the sentence in increments of 10 days at a jail in South Dakota, where she now lives, ABC affiliate WDAY reported.
According to the criminal complaint, 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 said she fired from about a foot away.
Perez also told authorities Ruiz showed her a different book he had shot, and the bullet did not go all the way through.
Norman County Attorney James Brue told WDAY he had to balance the need to hold Perez accountable with the fact that the "foolish stunt" was concocted by Ruiz.
The incident was captured on two cameras. Police said the firearm used matched the .50 caliber Desert Eagle located on the scene.
Authorities said Ruiz died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
WDAY reported Ruiz's family members were at the sentencing, and that several said they were unhappy with what they deemed a short sentence for Perez.
Book with a cover and no pages?
No. I don’t think so. They had a history of doing stupid pranks and putting them up on You Tube.
This was his idea and he convinced her that it was totally safe. Showed her a different book that the .50 didn’t penetrate.
Two morons.
He needed a bigger book.
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