The 13-year-old step-grandson of Duane ‘Canine the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman died in an unintentional taking pictures on Saturday evening (July 19) in Naples, Florida.
Duane and his spouse Francie Chapman instructed TMZ on Sunday (July 20), “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.”
In keeping with the outlet, Gregory Zecca, the son of Francie, shot Anthony in “a freak accident at their residence” in Naples on Saturday evening. Regulation enforcement responded to a name a few taking pictures round 8 pm ET. Cops referred to the state of affairs as an “remoted incident,” and no arrests have been made as of the time of writing. The investigation is ongoing.
The 72-year-old Duane married Francie in 2021, shortly after the passing of each their respective former spouses. Duane was beforehand married to Beth Chapman for 13 years, till she died of throat most cancers in June 2019. Beth starred alongside Duane on the hit A&E actuality collection Canine the Bounty Hunter and its spinoff, Canine and Beth: On the Hunt, on CMT.
Duane is a father to 13 youngsters, together with Christopher, whom he shares with Debbie White, Duane Lee II and Leeland with ex-wife Fonda Sue Darnell, Wesley, James Robert and the late Zebadiah with ex-wife Anne Tegnell, Tucker, Lyssa and the late Barbara with ex-wife Lyssa Rae Brittain, and Bonnie, Cecily, and Garry with Beth. In 2023, he revealed he’d lately found he fathered one other son named Jon.
Talking with Leisure Tonight in September 2020, Francie opened up about her relationship with Duane and the way shared grief introduced them nearer collectively.
“We understood the ache that the opposite one was feeling and [in] these robust days and moments, we helped one another get up. We may cry with one another and discuss what we have been feeling,” she defined. “We have been capable of stroll alongside one another by means of the ache and heartbreak and it introduced us collectively on this wonderful approach.”