- A couple was attempting to demonstrate how a book could block a bullet
- "We were doing a YouTube video, and it went wrong," the woman said in a 911 call after the shooting
- The couple was in the early stages of trying to grow an audience via their Youtube channel
- The woman pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter
A Minnesota woman who accidentally shot and killed her boyfriend in a Youtube stunt gone wrong pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Monalisa Perez, 20, will face up a 180-day sentence that will be served 30 days per year for three years, with the remaining 90 days on house arrest, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
In addition, Perez would be restricted from making "any financial compensation" from the recording of the shooting and is "banned from possessing firearms for the rest of her life."
Perez killed Pedro Ruiz III in June when the couple, who had one child and another on the way, were making a Youtube video in which Ruiz was attempting to demonstrate how a book could block a bullet. Ruiz put the book to his chest Perez, from one foot away, fired a .50 caliber pistol.
The bullet went through, killing Ruiz.
"We were doing a YouTube video, and it went wrong," Perez said in a 911 call after the shooting.
Before firing the gun, Perez tweeted a teaser about the video she and Ruiz were going to make.
"Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever. HIS idea not MINE," she wrote.
At the time of the shooting, the couple was in the early stages of trying to grow an audience via their Youtube channel, which featured family videos and mild-mannered "stunts," such as eating spicy peppers and riding rollercoasters.
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