Las Vegas – The murder of a husband and wife on Sunday was the result of an online feud between two YouTube broadcasters about, among other things, copyright infringement, according to 8 News Now investigators who reviewed hours of preserved video.
Finny Da Legend, one of two shooting victims, and another streamer Sin City Manny had been arguing for months, according to the footage. The two trolled each other, debated, and had extensive talks over several hours on several streams and, at times, separate social media names.
Sin City Manny, real name Manuel Ruiz, 41, will appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on Tuesday morning. He faces two counts of open murder.
By Monday morning, Ruiz’s feeds appeared to have been removed from the Internet. However, Finny Da Legend’s stream aired a portion of Ruiz’s stream, in which Finny and a cast of internet guests critique Ruiz’s knowledge of Las Vegas.
“He’s the least informed Vegas person out there,” one of Finny’s co-streamers said during a five-hour-long internet show.
In the same post, another streamer on Finny’s channel named Kevin addressed the copyright feud directly. That chunk of the stream is from only five days ago.
“If anyone should be striked down, it should be Manny,” Kevin added in agreement. “That’s who requires the copyright strikes. “That’s who needs the axe.” It is unclear what exactly the copyright issue is.
That comment appears soon after the opening scene of Finny’s webcast, which includes a copyright disclaimer and a clearly fabricated portrayal of President Donald Trump saying, “I want to say ‘[Expletive] Sin City Family and [Expletive] Manny.” Sin City Family apparently includes other online streamers who have grouped together.
Finny Da Legend’s streams are still active, with roughly 4,000 subscribers.
