Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapmanthe cousin of Gregor Zecca is facing life behind bars if convicted of aggravated manslaughter after fatally shooting his teenage son.
Florida’s Collier County Sheriff’s Office posted an update on the July 2025 incident via Facebook on Tuesday, February 3, saying Zecca accidentally shot his 13-year-old son, Anthony, at the family’s Naples, Florida apartment while allegedly under the influence of alcohol. Southwest Florida’s local news outlet News WINK was the first to report on the update.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Zecca, 39, was taken into custody “on a warrant for aggravated murder of a child with a firearm and using a firearm while under the influence,” which could result in a life sentence.
A Collier County police investigation into Zecca, who is the son of Dog’s wife, Francie Chapmanfrom a previous marriage, found that Zecca allegedly “consumed alcohol over several hours at a local establishment, purchased more alcohol, and later used both alcohol and marijuana at a friend’s residence.”
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Zecca and his son were “watching a UFC fight on TV at the time.”
Law enforcement also reported that Zecca “repeatedly handles a firearm in the presence of his son, practicing pulling it from his waistband and firing dry.” The firearm was “initially made safe by removing the magazine and removing a live round from the chamber.”
More details said that the magazine was put back into the firearm before Zecca “discharged one shot” that hit Anthony.
Sheriff Kevin Rambosk stated in the update that the event “was a heartbreaking and preventable tragedy.”
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Rambosk added, “Our detectives conducted an exhaustive and thorough investigation, examining every element of what happened through witness statements, forensic tests, subpoenas, search warrants, and more.”
Police officers also noted that the deputies who arrived at the scene “detected an odor of alcohol on Zecca and clearly observed marijuana.”
A subsequent toxicology report estimated that Zecca’s “blood alcohol concentration was approximately 0.116 at the time of the shooting, above Florida’s legal limit of 0.08.”
Zecca was placed on psychiatric hold after the shooting. A family representative said TMZ a day after the incident occurred that Zecca was “under observation on hold 5150,” which meant he was involuntarily detained for 72 hours after he was deemed “a danger to self, others, or seriously disabled,” according to Clear Behavior Health.
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The representative also told the outlet at the time that the hold was instigated because Zecca was “overcome with grief” and not because he felt guilty of a crime.
Dog released a statement through the outlet after the shooting. “We are grieving as a family over this incomprehensible tragic incident and ask for continued prayers as we mourn the loss of our beloved grandson, Anthony,” Dog and Francie both wrote at the time.
Zecca also deactivated his Instagram account after the incident. Before the account disappeared, Zecca had posted photos of himself with Anthony, including one image that showed the pair at a shooting range.
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