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A YouTuber turned homicide suspect, Manuel “Manny” Ruiz, known online as “Sin City Manny,” finds himself embroiled in a high-stakes legal battle following a fatal shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. In a tragic livestream incident, Ruiz is accused of killing Rodney Finley, also known as “Finny Da Legend,” and his wife, Tanisha Finley, near the iconic Bellagio Fountains on June 8, 2025. The case has drawn significant attention, with Ruiz maintaining his innocence and claiming self-defense due to a prior altercation.
According to Metro police, the deadly confrontation stemmed from an ongoing feud between the two YouTube personalities. Following the incident, a Clark County grand jury indicted Ruiz on two counts of murder involving the use of a deadly weapon. With such serious charges, several judges have repeatedly denied his requests for bail.
As reported by 8 News Now Investigators, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office has a death review committee that decided to pursue the death penalty if Ruiz is convicted. This development underscores the gravity of the charges he faces.
Ruiz’s legal representative, a public defender, has recently filed a motion in court, urging a judge to reconsider bail and set it at $100,000. This request highlights the defense’s strategy to secure Ruiz’s release as he awaits trial, arguing that his actions were a panicked response to a previous assault.
Ruiz’s public defender has since filed paperwork with the court, asking a judge to set bail at $100,000.
In the days after the shooting, Ruiz turned himself in to Henderson police and told detectives he acted in self-defense. In a court hearing last summer, Ruiz turned to 8 News Now’s camera and proclaimed: “I’m innocent.”
Rodney Finley’s livestream captured the shootings. The video shows Rodney Finley adjusting the camera. About 20 seconds later, a man police identified as Ruiz appears to struggle with Tanisha Finley before the shooting is captured on video, according to prosecutors.
The shootings came more than a year after Ruiz filed a police report with Metro police, claiming the Finleys battered him on Fremont Street, documents said. On Halloween 2023, Ruiz said he was at the Fremont Street Experience when Tanisha Finley hit “him with her selfie stick and with closed fists to his face,” according to a police report. The report said Rodley Finley “also physically pushed him too.”
Police located no weapons on either Rodley Finley or Tanisha Finley after the June shootings. In court documents, Ruiz claims he saw Rodney Finley “going for a gun” after Tanisha Finley “began dancing in front of [Ruiz’s] face.”
“Believing that Mr. Finley was going for a gun, Mr. Ruiz tried to stop him by drawing his own firearm (which he possessed lawfully as a concealed weapon permitholder) and opened fire; when it appeared that Mr. Finley was continuing to move, Mr. Ruiz’s CCW and self-defense training to eliminate the threat led him to aim higher,” his attorney wrote. “In the next moment, Mr. Ruiz saw Ms. Finley holding a shiny black object, which he believed was a gun, so he shot her. Panicked, Mr. Ruiz fled, leaving behind his gun as well as some of his clothing across the street.
In the aftermath, police said Ruiz left behind a trail of items, including a hat discarded in a trash can at the Paris Las Vegas. Police also believe he ditched the murder weapon, cramming it into a nearby fence.
Ruiz’s public defender adds that his history with post-traumatic stress disorder “informed his reaction to the threat he perceived,” mentioning a stabbing attack when Ruiz was 23.
Ruiz’s trial was scheduled for August. Murder trials in Clark County are often delayed for months, if not years. A judge was scheduled to hear arguments for bail on Thursday, March 19.
While Nevada has the death penalty, the state has not put a person to death since 2006. Murder cases in Nevada often end in plea deals and no trial, which result in life sentences without parole.