{"id":858790,"date":"2025-06-29T01:12:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/youtubers-feud-ends-with-murder-on-las-vegas-strip\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T01:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T06:12:36","slug":"youtubers-feud-ends-with-murder-on-las-vegas-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/youtubers-feud-ends-with-murder-on-las-vegas-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTubers\u2019 Feud Ends With Murder on Las Vegas Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Las Vegas YouTuber shot and killed a rival streamer and his wife Sunday on a busy sidewalk on the Strip \u2014 and the murder was livestreamed.<\/p>\n

Manuel Ruiz, 41, has been charged with two counts of murder and told police he shot 44-year-old Rodney Finley and 43-year-old Tanisha Finley in self defense because he believed they were going to shoot him, KLAS reported<\/a>. The Finleys were not armed, police said.<\/p>\n

Ruiz fled the scene, tossing his shirt, hat, and gun before taking a rideshare for a short distance \u2014 he didn\u2019t have money to pay \u2014 then walked to a friend\u2019s house.<\/p>\n

Ruiz told police that Tanisha Finley approached him on the street and was \u201cdancing in his face\u201d and that Rodney Finley reached for his waistband and said, \u201cWhat up cuz?\u201d aggressively, leading him to believe he was about to be shot. So he opened fire. He said he aimed for Finley\u2019s torso but aimed higher when he kept moving. He said he shot Tanisha Finley because he saw a \u201cshiny black object\u201d in her hand. BothFinleys were shot in the head.<\/p>\n

According to the arrest report, another YouTuber told police that Ruiz and Rodney Finley had been engaged in a feud since 2023 and that he saw the shooting on Ruiz\u2019s livestream. He said he saw \u201cManny pull a gun from his front waistband and point it toard where he believed Finny was standing \u2026 saw the muzzle flash on video and heard five to six gunshots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, he said, he saw Tanisha Finley grab the gimbal holding the phone for the livestream and heard two more gunshots, and the phone fell to the ground, the arrest report said.<\/p>\n

Two police officers patrolling the strip heard the gunfire and responded to the scene in front of the Bellagio fountains. As they arrived, Ruiz\u2019s wife, Juliana Pimental, approached them and said she believed her husband had shot someone. She said she was walking in front of him and heard gunshots, so she ran.<\/p>\n

Other content creators told local media about the long-standing beef between the two. Ruiz, they said, was angry that he was losing viewers to the Arizona-based \u201cFinny Da Legend\u201d and began demanding that he not film in certain areas, KSNV reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Derek Ware, a friend of the Finleys, told Kxxx that Ruiz even pepper-sprayed Tanisha Finley two years ago, KVVU reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis wife said she was OK, so he was just like, \u2018OK, let\u2019s handle this another way,\u2019\u201d Ware said. \u201cHe controls his emotions very well. That\u2019s what I liked about him the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ruiz was charged with two counts of open murder and ordered held without bond.<\/p>\n

For the latest true crime and justice news,\u00a0subscribe to the \u2018Crime Stories with Nancy Grace\u2019 podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Featured image: Manuel Ruiz\/KSNV screenshot and Rodney Finley\/YouTube]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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