Canine the Bounty Hunter’s stepson arrested for ‘capturing lifeless 13-year-old son’

Warning: This text comprises dialogue of suicide which some readers might discover distressing

On 19 July 2025, Canine the Bounty Hunter’s step-grandson, Anthony, was shot and killed.

And now the 13-year-old boy’s father, Gregory Zecca, has been arrested for capturing him.

He was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a kid with a firearm and utilizing a firearm whereas below the affect following the incident at a Florida house.

On the time, the capturing of Duane ‘Canine the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman’s step-grandson was reported as unintended.

Zecca is alleged to have been consuming closely all through the day and went on to ingest marijuana whereas at a UFC watch celebration together with his son at a good friend’s place.

Right here, the daddy is alleged to have brandished his firearm close to Anthony a number of occasions, together with ‘practising drawing it from his waistband and dry-firing” with no journal within the chamber.

Nevertheless, sooner or later it was inserted again into it and police say Zecca ‘discharged a single shot, fatally putting’ the younger boy.

“This was a heartbreaking and preventable tragedy,” Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk mentioned.

“Our detectives performed an exhaustive and thorough investigation, inspecting each component of what occurred by way of witness statements, forensic testing, subpoenas, search warrants, and extra. I commend their onerous work and professionalism in uncovering the info in an extremely troublesome case.”

When emergency responders arrived, the scent of alcohol on the person’s breath was seen and search warrants have been gained for medical data and a blood draw.

Then, a: “Toxicology professional estimated Zecca’s blood-alcohol focus to be roughly 0.116 on the time of the capturing.”

The authorized restrict in Florida is 0.08 with the toxicologist concluding that the person was ‘impaired by alcohol’.

By the point responders arrived on the scene, the boy had misplaced ‘massive quantities of blood’ and so they have been unable to save lots of him

“This case underscores that devastating tragedy that may end result from mixing firearms, alcohol and medicines,” the Sheriff continued.

“Our hearts are with everybody affected by this loss.”

Whereas it’s unclear if he was since discharged, Zecca was positioned on a psychiatric maintain following the capturing.

A household rep confirmed to TMZ on the time that he could be monitored with ‘excessive warning over fears he might attempt to take his personal life’.

This was attributable to him being ‘affected by grief and never as a result of he feels responsible of against the law in relation to the capturing’.

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