Monalisa Perez, 20, told investigators she fired a gun from about a foot away at a book held by Pedro Ruiz III, on 26 June. She said they expected the bullet to embed harmlessly in the volume.

Weatherby’s wife, Monalisa Perez, said he has two stepchildren, and the couple welcomed a baby girl this year. Those are ...

But in 2017, a stunt by two YouTubers ended in a death, when Monalisa Perez, then 19, shot at her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz, through a thick book, which he believed would stop a bullet. Perez was ...