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Old 06-29-2017, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Pahrump, NV
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Monalisa Perez, 19, was charged Wednesday in the shooting death of her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III, 22. According to a criminal complaint, Perez said Ruiz wanted to make a prank YouTube video of her shooting at a book he was holding in front of his chest, AP reported.


i saw this on the news this morning - she used a 50 cal gun to shoot him at like a foot away. he had convinced her the book would stop the bullet. his mom had tried to stop him from doing this as well, not sure that the mom flat out told him he would die? she stated to the news that she told him it was a bad idea.
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Old 06-29-2017, 12:06 PM
 
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I read this yesterday. I guffawed and could not fathom the utter stupidity.

Then OP just mentions it was only 1 foot away???? OMG people!!!

Apparently, the boyfriend showed her an encyclopedia that worked, so that's why they did it.
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Old 06-29-2017, 12:08 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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I read this yesterday. I guffawed and could not fathom the utter stupidity.

Then OP just mentions it was only 1 foot away???? OMG people!!!

Apparently, the boyfriend showed her an encyclopedia that worked, so that's why they did it.
honest mistake, as they probably figured it would take the bullet a ways to get up to "full speed"
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Old 06-29-2017, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Pahrump, NV
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more articles are coming out:

Minnesota woman charged with killing boyfriend in video stunt - StarTribune.com
Online stunts and pranks go awry - CNN.com
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Old 06-29-2017, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Eastern Washington
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One word - Darwin. Hard to have much sympathy, really.
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Old 06-29-2017, 05:15 PM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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We should ban books.
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Old 06-29-2017, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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I really don't like to tag something for a Darwin Award but I saw this and was shocked.

We need to do a better job of teaching the scientific method in schools. I wish these kids would have tested tgier hypothesis by shooting the book first and seeing what happened with the bullet.
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Old 06-29-2017, 07:48 PM
 
Location: El Paso, TX
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honest mistake, as they probably figured it would take the bullet a ways to get up to "full speed"
No. It was an abysmally stupid and fatal mistake.
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Old 06-29-2017, 07:49 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I really don't like to tag something for a Darwin Award but I saw this and was shocked.

We need to do a better job of teaching the scientific method in schools. I wish these kids would have tested tgier hypothesis by shooting the book first and seeing what happened with the bullet.
Maybe we should do a better job of teaching people to read since the article clearly states that he did try it on a book and it did stop the bullet.

The saddest part is that these morons have a kid.
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Old 06-29-2017, 07:55 PM
 
Location: DFW
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They also used a 50 caliber pistol which is a huge big bad gun. They get a double stupid award.
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