She is 19 and he was 22. They were fucking for FIVE years and have two kids. You do the math. 
Pregnant woman, 19, 'shot her boyfriend dead in front of their daughter, 3, as he attempted to stop a .50-caliber bullet with a BOOK he was holding up to his chest in bid for YouTube stardom'
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A Minnesota woman charged with shooting her boyfriend of five years has told police it was all due to a YouTube stunt gone horribly wrong.
Monalisa Perez, 19, of Halsted, allegedly shot Pedro Ruiz III, 22, in the chest with a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol on Monday while their three-year-old daughter looked on.
Perez fled the house screaming and later said the book was supposed to stop the bullet in a bid to create a viral video, family members told the Star Tribune.
'Prankster': Monalisa Perez allegedly shot her boyfriend of five years on Monday while filming a YouTube 'prank', his family said. Perez (left in mugshot, and right with Ruiz) has been arrested
Dangerous: Perez made this tweet the day of the shooting. His family said he was supposed to stop a .50-caliber round with a book held in front of his chest. Instead it killed him
Prior to the shooting, Perez had tweeted: 'Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE'.
They had planned for Perez to fire the large-caliber handgun at a hardcover encyclopedia being held by Ruiz outside their home on HWY 75, around 6:30pm.
Perez told police that she had fired the fatal shot while stood just a foot away from Ruiz, the prosecutor said.
She claimed the plan was Ruiz's own, and that he had showed her another book that had successfully stopped the bullet.
This time, however, it penetrated the book and killed him.
Perez then called 911 and EMTs attempted chest compressions on Ruiz, but were unable to save the young man.
Their three-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, was reportedly present when the shooting occurred.
Perez, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Celebrity: The couple hoped that the stunt would make them YouTube celebrities. Perez reportedly told police she had fired the bullet from a foot away
This is the last video posted to the couple's YouTube channel the day that Ruiz was fatally shot
'He had told me about that idea,' his aunt, Claudia Ruiz, told WDAY-TV when asked about the stunt, 'and I said, "Don't do it. Don't do it. Why are you going to use a gun? Why?"'
She said he replied: 'Because we want more viewers. We want to get famous.'
The couple's YouTube channel, which includes pranks such as Perez feeding Ruiz donuts covered in baby powder, typically received between 400 and 900 views per video, and had 218 subscribers.
In their last video, the family go to a fairground and Perez remarks: 'Imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers.'
'I told them, the bigger we get, I’ll be throwing parties,' Ruiz replies.
'They were in love. It was just a prank gone wrong. It shouldn't have happened like this. It shouldn't have happened at all,' Claudia Ruiz told the West Central Tribune.
'I wish they wouldn't have done it. I wish he would've just done another prank.'
Witness: The couple's daughter, Aaliyah (pictured with Perez) was witness to the shooting, police said. The girl was a regular fixture in the couple's videos
Neighbor Wayne Cameron and around 30 others watched the paramedics' failed attempt to save Ruiz before he was airlifted to a Fargo hospital.
'Everyone was crying. I just couldn't take it anymore so I had to go back home,' he said.
The couple have a string of YouTube videos centering on their lives with Aaliyah.
In some of them she 'pranks' a sleeping Ruiz; in one she pours hot candle wax onto his back while he's asleep, jokingly asking him if he thinks it's sexy.
In another she feeds a sleepy Ruiz a donut covered in baby powder.
Several of their videos focus on them playing with their daughter, taking her to the countryside and having pillow fights in their living room.
In May, they announced on YouTube that their second child would be a boy; he is due in September. She had Aaliyah when she was 15.
If convicted, Perez could face a maximum of ten years in prison, or a fine of $20,000, or both. She remains in regional jail in Crookston.
Family: Perez had Aaliyah when she was 15, and is expecting a baby boy in September. Ruiz had been training to be a foreman in order to provide for his growing family
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Pregnant woman, 19, 'shot her boyfriend dead in front of their daughter, 3, as he attempted to stop a .50-caliber bullet with a BOOK he was holding up to his chest in bid for YouTube stardom'
- Monalisa Perez shot Pedro Ruiz III, 22, on Monday according to police
- The pair had a YouTube channel in which the posted pranks and video blogs
- The victim's aunt said the pair hoped to go viral with a dangerous gun stunt
- Ruiz was supposed to stop the bullet with a book held to his chest, she said
- Instead he was fatally wounded in front of their daughter, Aaliyah, three
- Perez allegedly fired the large-caliber round from just one foot away
- She has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and may face 10 years
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A Minnesota woman charged with shooting her boyfriend of five years has told police it was all due to a YouTube stunt gone horribly wrong.
Monalisa Perez, 19, of Halsted, allegedly shot Pedro Ruiz III, 22, in the chest with a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol on Monday while their three-year-old daughter looked on.
Perez fled the house screaming and later said the book was supposed to stop the bullet in a bid to create a viral video, family members told the Star Tribune.
'Prankster': Monalisa Perez allegedly shot her boyfriend of five years on Monday while filming a YouTube 'prank', his family said. Perez (left in mugshot, and right with Ruiz) has been arrested
Dangerous: Perez made this tweet the day of the shooting. His family said he was supposed to stop a .50-caliber round with a book held in front of his chest. Instead it killed him
Prior to the shooting, Perez had tweeted: 'Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE'.
They had planned for Perez to fire the large-caliber handgun at a hardcover encyclopedia being held by Ruiz outside their home on HWY 75, around 6:30pm.
Perez told police that she had fired the fatal shot while stood just a foot away from Ruiz, the prosecutor said.
She claimed the plan was Ruiz's own, and that he had showed her another book that had successfully stopped the bullet.
This time, however, it penetrated the book and killed him.
Perez then called 911 and EMTs attempted chest compressions on Ruiz, but were unable to save the young man.
Their three-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, was reportedly present when the shooting occurred.
Perez, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Celebrity: The couple hoped that the stunt would make them YouTube celebrities. Perez reportedly told police she had fired the bullet from a foot away
This is the last video posted to the couple's YouTube channel the day that Ruiz was fatally shot
'He had told me about that idea,' his aunt, Claudia Ruiz, told WDAY-TV when asked about the stunt, 'and I said, "Don't do it. Don't do it. Why are you going to use a gun? Why?"'
She said he replied: 'Because we want more viewers. We want to get famous.'
The couple's YouTube channel, which includes pranks such as Perez feeding Ruiz donuts covered in baby powder, typically received between 400 and 900 views per video, and had 218 subscribers.
In their last video, the family go to a fairground and Perez remarks: 'Imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers.'
'I told them, the bigger we get, I’ll be throwing parties,' Ruiz replies.
'They were in love. It was just a prank gone wrong. It shouldn't have happened like this. It shouldn't have happened at all,' Claudia Ruiz told the West Central Tribune.
'I wish they wouldn't have done it. I wish he would've just done another prank.'
Witness: The couple's daughter, Aaliyah (pictured with Perez) was witness to the shooting, police said. The girl was a regular fixture in the couple's videos
Neighbor Wayne Cameron and around 30 others watched the paramedics' failed attempt to save Ruiz before he was airlifted to a Fargo hospital.
'Everyone was crying. I just couldn't take it anymore so I had to go back home,' he said.
The couple have a string of YouTube videos centering on their lives with Aaliyah.
In some of them she 'pranks' a sleeping Ruiz; in one she pours hot candle wax onto his back while he's asleep, jokingly asking him if he thinks it's sexy.
In another she feeds a sleepy Ruiz a donut covered in baby powder.
Several of their videos focus on them playing with their daughter, taking her to the countryside and having pillow fights in their living room.
In May, they announced on YouTube that their second child would be a boy; he is due in September. She had Aaliyah when she was 15.
If convicted, Perez could face a maximum of ten years in prison, or a fine of $20,000, or both. She remains in regional jail in Crookston.
Family: Perez had Aaliyah when she was 15, and is expecting a baby boy in September. Ruiz had been training to be a foreman in order to provide for his growing family
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