Grand Jury Indicts Alleged Bellagio Fountains Assassin

Posted on: July 11, 2025, 06:53h.

Last updated on: July 11, 2025, 06:57h.

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YouTube streamer Manuel “Sin City Manny” Ruiz has been indicted for two counts of open murder with a deadly weapon
Ruiz allegedly murdered a rival streamer, Rodney Finley, and his wife Tanisha, during their livestream in front of the Bellagio fountains on June 8

A Clark County grand jury has indicted Manuel Ruiz, the Las Vegas resident arrested for killing a rival YouTube streamer and his wife in front of the Bellagio fountains on June 8. Ruiz, 41, faces two counts of murder with a deadly weapon, prosecutors announced on Friday.

Manuel Ruiz filmed himself driving up and down the Strip a day before the shooting, apparently searching for Rodney Finley and addressing him cryptically: “You come to my city and think I’m not going to show up? … Wherever you go, I will be there!” (Image: X)

Ruiz, who streamed under the name “Sin City Manny,” allegedly killed 44-year-old Rodney Finley (aka “Finny Da Legend”) and 43-year-old Tanisha Finley as they livestreamed from the bustling Las Vegas Strip landmark.

According to Ruiz’s arrest report, detectives used casino surveillance footage to track him from the crime scene back to the Paris Las Vegas valet, where he disposed of his hat, shirt, and a 9mm handgun. Preliminary ballistics matched the gun to cartridge casings recovered from the crime scene.

Ruiz later turned himself in to Henderson police and told detectives that he acted in self-defense. He claimed that he and his wife just happened to come across his victims while strolling down the Strip. Then, Ruiz said, he was approached by Tanisha as Rodney reached for a gun, so Ruiz shot him to save his own life.

He said he saw Tanisha then brandishing a “shiny black object” and shot her as well, believing it was also a gun.

Ruiz, circled in red, is shown as he first appears in his victims’ livestream, strolling behind them without glancing over. This strongly suggests an attempt to build evidence that his attack wasn’t premeditated. In this moment, a grinning Rodney Finley is as blissfully unaware of what is about to happen as Ruiz apparently pretends to be. (Image: YouTube/@Pikey)

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But Las Vegas police noted that no weapons were found on or near the victims’ bodies, and none were seen in the livestream or in any of the many other videos posted online.

They believe the brutal double-shooting was the culmination of a social media feud between the vloggers that started in October 2023.

Ruiz claimed he was unaware that the Finleys were livestreaming and denied ever making threats toward Rodney.

Ruiz, whose case will be heard in district court, is scheduled for arraignment on July 17. He continues to be held at the Clark County Detention Center in downtown Las Vegas without bail.