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Canine the Bounty Hunter is in dire want of your ideas and prayers.
On Sunday, we realized that the fact star’s stepson, Gregory Zecca, shot and killed his personal 13-year previous son, Anthony, in an incident that came about at their condominium in Naples, Florida.
TMZ was the primary outlet to interrupt this horrible information.
Police confirmed to the celeb gossip web site that they responded to a name a couple of capturing round 8 p.m. native time on July 19.
Authorities referred to the tragedy an “remoted incident” and mentioned they haven’t made any arrests. We will’t say for sure presently if any are forthcoming.
Canine (actual title: Duane Chapman) and his spouse, Francie Chapman — who’s Zecca’s mom — informed TMZ, via a consultant:
“We’re grieving as a household over this incomprehensible, tragic accident and would ask for continued prayers as we grieve the lack of our beloved grandson, Anthony.”
Francie shares Gregory along with her late husband.
She bought married to Chapman in 2021 after bonding over the grief of dropping each of their companions to most cancers, because the latter proposed to Francie simply 10 months after the loss of life of his fifth partner, Beth.
“For a residing, she’s a rancher and he or she just lately misplaced her husband to most cancers six months earlier than I misplaced Beth Chapman so we hopped on the cellphone, began speaking to one another, crying and consoling one another after which one factor led to a different and it’s simply unimaginable that I’ve been capable of meet somebody like her,” Canine shared on TMZ Dwell in Might 2020.
“With Francie, I’m allowed to talk about Beth, we talk about her husband. We cry. We maintain one another.”
Zecca, in the meantime, works with Canine on his bounty searching staff alongside Duane’s daughter, Lyssa.
Chapman is a father to 13 youngsters whole.
He shares son Christopher with Debbie White; sons Duane Lee II and Leeland with ex-wife Fonda Sue Darnell; and sons Wesley, James Robert and the late Zebadiah with ex-wife Anne Tegnell.
He’s additionally a dad to Tucker, Lyssa and the late Barbara with ex-wife Lyssa Rae Brittain; and he shared daughters Bonnie and Cecily and son Garry with late spouse Beth.
The small display star additionally revealed in 2023 that he just lately found that he fathered a son named Jon.
“So far as my gene pool, I feel she would approve,” Canine mentioned 5 years in the past of how Beth would really feel about him shifting on to Francie.
“I didn’t have ranchers in my gene pool. I don’t know if Beth even is aware of. She’s kicking round with the angels. She’s all joyful. I don’t know if she is aware of.”
