Darwin Award Winner: "Shoot Me in the Book (I'm Holding)"

  People do a lot of stupid things to try and achieve "fame." Here's an instance where a teenage girl was convinced by her boyfriend to shoot him so he could block the bullet with a book. Just dumb.. and fatal for him. The Darwin Awards are given, posthumously, to people who do dumb things that result in the end of their lives. This guy was a winner, sadly. 

Here's the story: 

A 19-year-old aspiring YouTube star’s boyfriend is dead after she shot him in the chest in a video stunt gone wrong (to add to their YouTube fame) , according to a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday.

Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, MN: Northwest Regional Corrections Center / AP

Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton said in a statement that Monalisa Perez of Minnesota was arrested after she shot her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III, 22, in the chest. According to court documents, she shot him with a gold Desert Eagle .50 caliber handgun — considered one of the most powerful pistols in the world — in the grass outside their home while he held up a hardcover encyclopedia to block the bullet.

Instead he's now dead. Monalisa Perez, 19, who shot Pedro Ruiz from about a foot away, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, according to court documents. She faces up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of $20,000.

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