[BUZZFEED] Monalisa Perez was juggedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
on Monday night after she fatally shot her 22-year-old boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz, while the couple were recording a YouTube stunt for her vlog, according to a criminal complaint provided to BuzzFeed News.
On Wednesday, Perez was charged with second-degree manslaughter -- a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, a fine of $20,000, or both.
She was held in a regional jail in Crookston and was scheduled to be arraigned in court on Wednesday afternoon.
Perez called 911 on Monday evening to report that she accidentally shot Ruiz in the chest while they were making a YouTube video at the couple's house in Norman County.
Authorities found Ruiz with a single gunshot wound to his chest and attempted to save his life, but he died at the scene, the complaint said.
Perez, who is pregnant, told police that Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a book while he was holding it, as he believed that the book would stop the bullet, according to the criminal complaint.
Had Monalisa, who is pregnant, called me (I'm not) I'da told her to have a nice cuppa chocolate and go to bed and make sure they got that pregnancy thing just right instead. If they absolutely had to go through with it, I'da told her to first try shooting a similar book to see if it worked, then maybe try it with Pedro.