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A Minnesota woman has been charged with manslaughter after she shot and killed her boyfriend as part of the pair’s attempt to become YouTube celebrities.
According to court documents, Monalisa Perez called 911 on June 26 at around 6:30pm local time to say that she had shot Pedro Ruiz III. The two had set up two video cameras to capture Perez firing the gun at Ruiz while he held a book in front of his chest. Ruiz apparently convinced Perez that the book would stop the bullet from a foot away. The gun, a Desert Eagle .50 caliber pistol, was not hindered by the book.
[...] A video filmed the day before the shooting features Perez excitedly imagining what would happen when the couple reached 300,000 subscribers on their YouTube channel.
According to a Star Tribune report citing a nearby television station in North Dakota, the shooting took place near the couple's home as their three-year-old daughter was nearby. An aunt of Ruiz, who was not named by WDAY-TV, was quoted as saying that she knew what they planned to do and that she tried to talk them out of it.
The aunt said Ruiz replied, "'Because we want more viewers. We want to get famous.'"
Perez, 19, was released on bail on Wednesday. She is pregnant with the couple's second child.
Further details from The New York Times:
Ms. Perez told investigators that she had shot Mr. Ruiz from about a foot away while he held a 1.5-inch thick book to his chest, the authorities said. She described using a firearm that matched the pistol that was found at the scene.
Mr. Ruiz had been “trying to get her” to fire the gun “for a while,” Ms. Perez told investigators, according to court documents. They state that he had set up one camera on the back of a vehicle and another on a ladder to capture the stunt.
To help persuade her to pull the trigger, Mr. Ruiz had even shown Ms. Perez a book that he had previously shot himself, she told investigators. In that case, she said, the bullet had not gone all the way through the text.
See also: CNN.
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(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Monday July 03 2017, @03:23PM (5 children)
Less kick from a Desert Eagle than from a .357 I'm lead to believe, due to the design, weight, and recoil management. Not first-hand mind you, but a friend who was with a group that had the opportunity to fire both said "The Desert Eagle was pretty cool, but it was the .357 that made everybody giggle after they fired it".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @04:27PM (4 children)
Not from my experience, a Desert Eagle in .50 AE still kicks more than my .44 Magnum Revolver and the revolver is probably a bit heavier.
Anyhow as said on Slashdot already, why is this old story from last week even on here to begin with? Just because YouTube was mentioned doesn't mean that it's worthy of a tech news site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @06:24PM (2 children)
Ammosexual clickbait perfection! Large caliber pistols, with a cool name like "Grim Reaper" or "Desert Eagle" or "MILF of Death!" Youtube, young people successfully having sex and procreating, and having firearm sex right there on the internets! What is not to love, if you are a Second Amendment enthusiast?
(P.S.: What is "Slashdot"?)
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @06:42PM (1 child)
We say "Here comes a shitstorm from some moron making us all look bad." and move on to more important things.
You're not fooling anyone. I'm done with this ghost town now as Slashdot has gotten much better in the past year and rarely does this site get stories that aren't already covered there.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday July 04 2017, @06:17PM
¡Adiós! Self-deportation is a beautiful thing. 🇺🇸
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 03 2017, @11:53PM
Depends a lot on the .357, though. People persist in buying itty bitty aluminum/titanium/what-not framed revolvers in .357 magnum, and those little numbers make quite an impression with full-power loads.
Off-topic, but since I probably sounded way too negative there, I'll be clear: I really don't class such guns as "no practical use", like derringers in .45-70 or 5.56 NATO; with enough training, many if not most people could shoot them well, and they're undeniably nice to carry. I'm just annoyed at how many people buy a tiny magnum they simply aren't ready for, instead of starting with a bigger, easier gun (or even a .327 snubbie, where you can start out with .32 S&W to learn how to shoot, then work your way right up through longs, .32 H&R, to .327 when you can handle it), and "graduating" to the featherweight snubbie once they're in a position to handle it.