Horror moment before YouTuber 'shoots rival and wife dead' outside famous casino

Daily Mirror

2 days ago

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The victims - thought to be YouTuber Finny Da Legend and his wife - were shot and killed on the Las Vegas Strip near the landmark Bellagio fountains on Sunday evening
Shocking new footage is believed to show the moment a YouTuber allegedly shot a rival and his wife dead outside a world famous casino during a livestream. The victims were shot and killed on the Las Vegas Strip, not far from the landmark Bellagio fountains, late on Sunday at around 10.40pm.
Authorities said the shooting was being investigated as an "isolated incident" between people who knew each other. It has since been claimed that YouTuber Finny Da Legend was one of the victims killed on the weekend, allegedly by rival YouTuber Manuel Ruiz after the pair had engaged in a year-long feud.
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Finny had more than 3,000 subscribers on YouTube and was actually streaming live when the alleged murder took place. It is also thought that his partner was killed too, as reported by KVVU-TV.
"It is believed that the suspect and victims knew each other, and had previously engaged in conflict over social media prior to the shooting," the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) said. However, the Clark County Coroner's Office said it was not yet able to release the names of the victims.
In new footage, a man who appears to be Finny is seen looking into the camera before turning away and off to the right just seconds before the horror unfolded. A woman, said to be his wife Bubbly, can be heard screaming.
A man wearing a yellow and black top, baseball cap, and sunglasses - alleged to be Ruiz - appears in the frame. But Bubbly attempts to block Ruiz from reaching Finny. The gunman dodges her and fires off several shots while innocent bystanders run and duck for cover.
Bubbly then appears to say: "Are you f**king kidding me?," before the camera is then thrown to the ground. At least seven more shots can be heard in the footage shared online.
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Another video from a passer-by showed a woman lying dead on the ground with a white sheet covering the lower half of her body. The incident happened on one of the busiest stretches of the Las Vegas Strip, visited by millions each year.
The dancing Bellagio fountains, which soar up to 460 feet (140 metres) into the air, play every 30 minutes during the afternoon and then every 15 minutes between 8pm and midnight.
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Meanwhile, in an update released on Monday afternoon, police said Ruiz, 41, turned himself in at a Henderson Police Station and was taken into custody.
He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) confirmed.
The police said in a statement: "Through the course of the investigation, detectives identified 41-year-old Manuel Ruiz as the suspect in this case.
"On June 9, 2025, Ruiz walked into a Henderson Police Station and turned himself in. He was taken into custody and will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center for two counts of Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon."