Summary Monalisa Perez says she killed her boyfriend by accident
A woman in the US had been charged with manslaughter for accidently shooting her boyfriend in a YouTube prank gone horribly wrong.
Monalisa Perez, a mother of two from Minnesota claimed that the incident was a stunt gone wrong after she was charged with the shooting of her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III.
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The accident occurred when, according to Perez, the couple tried to shoot a YouTube video in which Perez shot a bullet from about a foot away into a book that Ruiz was holding against his chest. The book was supposed to stop the bullet from entering the body and injuring any fatal organs.
However the book did not function as planned and the bullet hit Ruiz directly in the chest. Seeing the shot Perez says she fled from the house screaming.
Later on during the investigation Perez claimed that she had been against the stunt which had been her boyfriend’s idea who had to convince her to participate in it. A Twitter comment from the couple seems to confirm this claim however the investigation is ongoing.
Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever HIS idea not MINE
— Monalisa Perez (@MonalisaPerez5) June 26, 2017
The victim’s aunt told WDAY-TV that this was hardly the first prank that the couple had played with the intention of putting on YouTube.
According to her, Ruiz had told her beforehand about the stunt and said that he wanted to take such a risk in order to increase his viewership. She also said that Ruiz’s death was the result of an unfortunate accident not deliberate murder. "They were in love, they loved each other," she said of the couple “It was just a prank gone wrong."
Manslaughter is a serious charge in the United States and if convicted Monalisa Perez could face a maximum sentence of 10 years and a fine of up to $20,000.
YouTube features numerous videos of ordinary people performing stunts for the purpose of gaining viewers. However in recent years such stunts have grown increasingly dangerous leading to several accidents for the participants as well as those trying to mimic them. In 2016 a boy from Georgia accidentally hanged himself after seeing such stunts on YouTube.
