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FILE - This photo released by the Northwest Regional Corrections Center shows Monalisa Perez. Perez, of Halstad, Minn., who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III in a videotaped stunt they planned to post on YouTube. A transcript released Friday, June 21, 2018, shows the Minnesota man urged his girlfriend to shoot him for a videotaped stunt that ended in his death. (Northwest Regional Corrections Center via AP, File)

Woman who shot boyfriend in videotaped stunt resisted

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This photo released by the Northwest Regional Corrections Center shows Monalisa Perez. Perez, of Halstad, Minn., has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz III in a videotaped stunt they planned to post on YouTube. The plea agreement calls for Perez to spend six months in jail and 10 years' supervised probation. She told investigators her boyfriend wanted to make a video of her shooting a bullet into a book he was holding against his chest. She says she fired from about a foot away. The couple had a YouTube channel where they posted videos of pranks and stunts. (Northwest Regional Corrections Center via AP)

Woman pleads guilty to boyfriend’s death in YouTube stunt

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This photo released by the Northwest Regional Corrections Center shows Monalisa Perez. Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday, June 28, 2017, with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. According to a criminal complaint, the 19-year-old Perez told authorities Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting a bullet into a book he was holding against his chest. She says she fired from about a foot (0.3 meters) away. (Northwest Regional Corrections Center via AP)

Sheriff: Woman blamed boyfriend’s death on YouTube stunt

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