Woman shoots boyfriend in 'social media stunt gone wrong’

[slayer14]

A woman shot and killed her boyfriend in what she claimed was a stunt to boost her online profile.
Monalisa Perez, 19, told police that her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III dreamt up the idea of her shooting a bullet into a book he was holding against his chest.
Ms Perez, who is pregnant, said the stunt was designed in order to go viral and boost her social media profile.
She told police in Minnesota that she fired the gun around a foot away from her 22-year-old boyfriend before running away screaming.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/woman-shoots-boyfriend-social-media-stunt-gone-wrong-085935775.html

What a waste of life

[BrickJames]

This was in the paper this morning.

People literally dying to get famous on social media.

[funnyb25]

Having a baby from jail won't be fun. Feel for the kids

[BrickJames]

Having a baby from jail won't be fun. Feel for the kids

I could see them letting her off on this one. Even if they do convict her they'll probably give her probation with a shit ton of time over her head as she just an innocent little girl whose boyfriend talked her into doing this shit.

[jjgold]

what a shame

people starving for attention

She is going to jail

[MinnesotaFats]

Facebook, Instagram, etc = end of the moral society. Already freying due to progressive politics, but social media and the lack of humility or consequence is destroying the well being of kids and now younger adults.

[chico2663]

what a shame

people starving for attention

She is going to jail

Just think if she would of shown you her she would be a star on sbr.

[Kermit]

It's all about that E-Cred.

People can't wait to post the illegal stupid shit that they do even though they'll go to jail for it.

[5mike5]

I could see them letting her off on this one. Even if they do convict her they'll probably give her probation with a shit ton of time over her head as she just an innocent little girl whose boyfriend talked her into doing this shit.

this

[Ballerholic]

If she is allowed to keep that baby then I feel really bad for the child...

[bigtymer56]

If she is allowed to keep that baby then I feel really bad for the child...

Saw in another article that she already had 2 other kids. 19 with 3 kids...maybe their backup plan for fame was to be like the Duggars.

Anyway mission accomplished...their famous.

[jjgold]

She should get 10 years in between the lesson, America is too easy there for where the weakest nation and the weakest people in the world

[themike78]

Give her the death penalty.

[jjgold]

Anyone has a gun should be given five year prison sentence as gun should be banned

[funnyb25]

Let's fire a gun from 1 foot away into a BOOK held against his chest. "Dangerous" stunt not the proper word.

I wouldn't let someone shoot me with a bulletproof vest on as a stunt let alone a BOOK??

[Cuse0323]

What book was it?

How the hell did they think the book would stop it. Maybe a .22 from far away, and the damn Bible.

[VeggieDog]

I nominate him for a Darwin award.

[jjgold]

She must be a loser

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Fake news.

No way these two dummies owned a book.

[Cuse0323]

Fake news.

No way these two dummies owned a book.

They probably had to steal one. The gun was probably stolen too.

[Bluehorseshoe]

What book was it?

How the hell did they think the book would stop it. Maybe a .22 from far away, and the damn Bible.

The "Amish Phone Book".

[dlowilly]

How hard would it be to at least fire a test shot into the other side of the book first?

[Cuse0323]

How hard would it be to at least fire a test shot into the other side of the book first?

How hard is it to understand a book most likely isn't stopping a bullet? The world may never know.

[Cuse0323]

The "Amish Phone Book".

[Cuse0323]

Maybe he didn't want another damn kid. He didn't want to kill himself, so had her do it. That makes more sense. I need a broad like that, or just a damn gun. How do these fools get one, and I can't. Shithole NY gun laws. Well, I think I can still get a shotgun if I could afford it. Soon enough.

[dlowilly]

How hard is it to understand a book most likely isn't stopping a bullet? The world may never know.

I know, I'm saying with your life on the line it seems like you would want to test your hypothesis at least once and then they would've found out they were wrong. I'm guessing neither of them excelled in Science lab classes at school though.

[funnyb25]

I know, I'm saying with your life on the line it seems like you would want to test your hypothesis at least once and then they would've found out they were wrong. I'm guessing neither of them excelled in Science lab classes at school though.

Forget science lab classes. This is the dumbest story I've read in quite some time

[teaserpleaser]

Having a baby from jail won't be fun. Feel for the kids

She won't do jail time
probation at worst

[DiggityDaggityDo]

What book was it?

How the hell did they think the book would stop it. Maybe a .22 from far away, and the damn Bible.

Ruiz held up the book — described by County Attorney James Brue as a hardcover encyclopedia — and Perez pulled the trigger on a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, trying to see whether the bullet would go through, according to the criminal complaint.

A few hours before the shooting, a posting went up on Perez's Twitter account that read: "Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE." The note included two wide-eyed emoji faces and another of an eye-covering monkey with a gaping mouth.


The Desert Eagle is described by retailer Cabela's in an online ad as "one of the world's most powerful semiautomatic handguns."



Another aunt of Ruiz's told WDAY-TV in Fargo that the shooting outside the couple's home on Hwy. 75, with their 3-year-old daughter nearby, was part of a stunt they intended to post on YouTube.


"He had told me about that idea," the aunt told the TV station, "and I said, 'Don't do it. Don't do it. Why are you going to use a gun? Why?' "


She quoted him as replying, " 'Because we want more viewers. We want to get famous.' "


Perez has a YouTube channel with many videos the couple have made, with stunts and pranks prevalent. The most recent one went up the morning before the shooting. It's titled "Doing Scary Stunts at the Fair, Part I" and shows the couple attending a fair last Thursday. Ruiz and a young relative were featured enjoying various rides.


"Imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers," Perez says during the video.


Ruiz replies, "I told them, the bigger we get, I'll be throwing parties."



Soon after the shooting, Perez told a sheriff's deputy that it was Ruiz who had been pushing his idea for the video, which was recorded by one camera on the back of a parked vehicle and another on a ladder, according to the complaint. He had shown her another book that he had shot and the bullet didn't go all the way through, the charging document continued.


"Perez stated that she shot from about a foot away while [Ruiz] held the book to his chest," the complaint read.

[teaserpleaser]

This is pretty stupid but it's still

not as bad as the people who die taking

selfies

[teaserpleaser]

Ok maybe it is but still dying while taking selfies is pretty retarded

[funnyb25]

Ok maybe it is but still dying while taking selfies is pretty retarded

Ya, it's all junk

[Cuse0323]

Wow. They use a damn .50 cal DE. The hard cover Encyclopedia may have worked if it wasn't a fckin Desert Eagle at close range.

Welp, oh well. Another dumbass gone.

[Rich Boy]

At least they got what they wanted

[eidolon]

Not that bright.
19 years old and has a 3 year old kid and is pregnant? geez