Minnesota woman charged with fatally shooting boyfriend in failed YouTube video stunt

[muriel_volestrangler]

Stupidity, and yearning for fame and fortune fatally collided. WTF is the world coming to.

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A 19-year-old woman shot at a book her boyfriend was holding against his chest, killing him at close range outside their northwestern Minnesota home in what was a video-recorded stunt gone awry, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

Monalisa Perez was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Norman County District Court and remains in a regional jail in Crookston in connection with the shooting Monday night in Halstad of 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz III.
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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.
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Another aunt of Ruiz's told WDAY-TV that the shooting outside the couple's home on Hwy. 75, with 3-year-old daughter Aaliyah nearby, was part of a stunt they intended to post on YouTube.

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-woman-accused-of-fatally-shooting-boyfriend-in-fame-seeking-video-prank/431313063/

[Boxerfan]

1. Darwin award winner....

That is some serious dumb...

And having the daughter nearby-poor dear had to witness her dad being killed.

WTF- a .22 maybe you will get away with it. Maybe.

But a freakin .50 desert eagle I can't imagine how they thought a hardcover encyclopedia would stop a bullet that big.

Hardcore dumb.

[joeybee12]

2. The stupidity boggles the mind

Hope the daughter finds more responsible parents.

[Ligyron]

3. One of the most powerful pistols made.

What an idiotic idea.

Guess he won't be contributing any more of that genius DNA of his into the gene pool.

Sad.

[mikeysnot]

4. Gune nuts at their finest

Darwin for sure.

[RhodeIslandOne]

5. "Stupid people are breeding......" -Harvey Danger

Jesus christ.....