Girls kill BF after book failed to stop cal .50 gun in Youtube stunt.

A 19-year-old woman in Minnesota has been charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting her boyfriend as the couple attempted to record a YouTube stunt, authorities said.

Monalisa Perez was arrested on Monday night after she fatally shot her 22-year-old boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz, while the couple were recording a YouTube stunt for her vlog, according to a criminal complaint provided to BuzzFeed News.

Perez, who is pregnant, told police that Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a book while he was holding it, as he believed that the book would stop the bullet, according to the criminal complaint.

Ruiz had set up a GoPro camera and another camera on a ladder nearby to record the stunt, according to the complaint. The two cameras — which recorded the shooting — have been secured as evidence for the investigation.

Perez told authorities that Ruiz eventually "convinced" her to shoot the book he was holding.

She used a .50-caliber Desert Eagle firearm which authorities recovered from the grass near the house.

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Was the book too slim!?

They just don't make paper like the old days.

And this months Darwin Award winner is.....

@loco145:

What kinda book was it?

what did he hold the book in front of his chest??

or

"told you the aim was off"

Even Mythbusters people ain't this stupid...these 2 are off their rockers...should not be allow to procreate. :P

The worst thing is that it wasn't just them. Their neighbors and friends were also watching this BS. :S What is WRONG with people?!

Well, it's sad to see that even the least intelligent people can get a loaded gun.

Does it matters?

I read the news article about this and its just tragic. In the report i read, the girl shot a desert eagle .50cal.

I couldnt even handle the Desert Eagle in Socom 1, cant imagine the recoil in real life.

Apparently the victim had tested it with another book and the bullet didn't make it through. Assuming the victim wasn't stupid and used another book of same or greater thickness and density, wonder what went wrong. It might be due to the variation in powder mix. Either way pretty dumb to be risking your life for more likes on social media.

"It's called 'Booking'...and it's KILLING YOUR KIDS!"

My friend has one, and it throws my arm pretty good, I'm a big guy, too.

It's funny I could stick my pinky finger in the breech (breech? chamber?), thing is HUUUUUUUGE!

I read about it this morning...19yo, 2 kids, shoots her boyfriend because he has a book to protect him...wonder how those kids will grow up...

@loco145:

Kinda. Maybe it was a thick bible or yellow pages. The thickness might have played a role in their horrible miscalculation. Either way it was a stupid idea but I could see why some people would think it would actually work.

Darwin Rules.

Hope that Social services takes a good look at this mom and how she is around her kids, she is clearly way to young to be a parent.

Considering the parents, probably gangbangers or teenage parents like their mom.

I was wondering if he tested it... and since he did and the test failed... why on Earth would he still go through with it?

As much as id like to think of this a tragedy, part of me is grateful such a degree of stupidity has been put to a halt before it can harm anyone else.

they played too much uncharted drakes fortune

Such an unfortunate tragedy that she will have to live with for the rest of her life.

Who cares about her, The kids will suffer under this a lot more.

I think you misunderstood. The bullet failed to make it all the way through the book the first time, which means it succeeded and why the guy went ahead and did it for real.

@Jacanuk: Not saying the children won't suffer either but she was the one who pulled the trigger and killed him which I'm sure was no doubt an incredibly traumatic experience.

Their YouTube video will be called "Example of how to win the yearly Darwin Award".

A 3 year old was there witnessing the "failed experiment." This stupid move was an attempt to get the couple's youtube channel more subscribers.

@FireEmblem_Man: That's very sad. Very unfortunate tragedy all around.

Yep, I sure did... reading comprehension failed...

Natural Selection at its finest

When will people learn that guns are not toys

.... This is like the dangerous selfie crazy only worse.

@comp_atkins said:

what did he hold the book in front of his chest??

or

"told you the aim was off"

This scene gave me nightmares as a child...

@loco145: Fucking Darwin award winner here... all for likes and dumb social network shit. I would advise against that even if they were using a .22 caliber... but a .50 caliber... really?

There are some that will never learn. That's the problem. I'm all for gun ownership, etc., but I'm starting to wonder if there should be courses and psych evals before being allowed to own one.

Well, first of all guns are not really the issue here.

The issue is the youtube generation where youtube allow stuns in this caliber that appeals to the "weak" and for them to be overdone.

It´s like when Gamespot had the "brilliant idea" and madethe comment show, where they tried to shame people so they would stop being trolls, but all that happened was that they got the exact opposite , since every troll wanted to be on the show. They gave them a stamp of approval.

People still read books?

I didn't say guns are the the issue

Stupid couple is stupid :I

Apparently not they are used as bullet proof vest.

for everyone calling these people stupid, maybe you should take a closer look at the situation. It's clear that the man instigated the situation and at the age of 22, he got reckless to make money, it may be considered stupid by many but 22 is not exactly an age were you have lot of life experience. The woman is 19, that's very young.

They also tested it, so they thought it would work, if feel sorry for them, calling them stupid is inconsiderate. Maybe they didn't have the guidance from their parents like you did. I wouldn't have done this at the age of 22 or 19 but I did a lot of other reckless shit. Of course there wasn't any youtube when I was that age, but there weren't (and still aren't) any guns here either, so who know what might have happened if I was 22 in 2017 in minnesota.

Should've probably used a hardcover book.

@superbuuman: havnt myth busters already tested this, or something very similar.

You need a super thick book, like a steven king novel.

You're right that we don't know the details. We're always very quick to judge but 99.9% of the cases we'd pretty much do the same thing given the same situation (including the people's capabilities, memories). It does make you wonder what the situation here has to be for something like this to happen.

My condolences to whoever is affected by the loss.

I watch Demolition Ranch so I know what a 50 caliber bullet can do, also why not set the book on a target. Ah well one less idiot in world.

no, they're stupid

Yup they have tested guns and different material myths countless times .

The "kids" have two kids themselves so there is no time to be "playful" young and naive.

So no these two were just plain and simply stupid, and no that is not inconsiderate , it´s calling it what it is.

Even the yellow pages aren't going to stop a .50 cal slug

What a couple of assholes