Equal Parts Tragic and WTF

[LoveNDino]

Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting Boyfriend in YouTube Stunt Gone Awry

 

 

 

Pedro Ruiz died in June due to complications sustained when his girlfriend, 20-year-old Monalisa Perez, shot him at close range. Ruiz, 22, and Perez were filming a stunt for a YouTube video; Ruiz was holding a hardcover book that the couple believed would be thick enough to stop a bullet from injuring him. Perez was 25 weeks pregnant at the time and charged with manslaughter. Today, the now-mother of two pleaded guilty in Minnesota for Ruiz’s death.

 

Perez’s plea agreement, the Star Tribune reports, dictates that she can’t make any money off of the video of Ruiz’s death, and she is permanently banned from owning a gun. She’ll serve six months in jail in installments of 30 days per year over the next three years. After that, she’ll be eligible — assuming she follows the terms of her ten-year probation — to serve the remaining 90 days of her sentence under home surveillance.

 

At the time of the shooting, Perez’s YouTube channel had just over 300 followers and was focused on showing “the real life of a young couple who happen to be teen parents.” There have been no new videos added to the channel since June. Perez also has not tweeted since late June. Her final tweet says she and Ruiz were about to attempt “one of the most dangerous videos ever” and that it wasn’t her idea.

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How do we have 20 year-old individuals in this society who do not know that a book, no matter how thick it may be, cannot stop a bullet?

[bigvalboy]

Shockingly sad...

[+ sniper]

It's not immediately obvious to me that there aren't some smaller guns that could be stopped by thick books, but...wouldn't you do a dry run first WITHOUT A PERSON BEHIND THE BOOOK??

[+ purplekow]

It's not immediately obvious to me that there aren't some smaller guns that could be stopped by thick books, but...wouldn't you do a dry run first WITHOUT A PERSON BEHIND THE BOOOK??

Remember you are dealing with a 20 year old who is being willingly shot at for the enjoyment of 300 people who are strangers and acquaintances.

[caliguy]

I just hope they throw the book at her.

[LoveNDino]

I just hope they throw the book at her.

Bravo

[LaffingBear]

I just hope they throw the book at her.

Oh!

 

That's better

 

I was going to go for the snarky "maybe they were angry because they're too stupid or incapable of understanding the intended purpose of books"

 

Or

 

There would be some sense of a denouement if we later learned that the book that failed them was titled "Firearms For Dummies."

[+ honcho]

"How many Members of the <insert politically correct> community does it take to change a lightbulb"?

 

Answer: "Thats not funny".

 

To quote the POTUS - "Sad" and it really is. One life totally wasted and 3 more harmed.

[+ nycman]

People....a simple high school physics class could have saved this man.

 

Keep funding science classes! Earth Science 101 is NOT enough!

 

Unfortunately, in this race between Darwin and Newton...it looks like Darwin won.

[LADoug1]

Shockingly sad...

 

And shockingly stupid.

[caliguy]

And shockingly stupid.

Maybe Jack ass will hire her on their next movie.

[+ friendofsheila]

This is why I should start looking for husbands at Mensa meetings.

[wild2east]

How about: And the book they chose was - A Farewell to Arms?

[marylander1940]

It's not immediately obvious to me that there aren't some smaller guns that could be stopped by thick books, but...wouldn't you do a dry run first WITHOUT A PERSON BEHIND THE BOOOK??

 

They were teen parents, I don't think they're big on common sense.