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A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot in the head on Whistlers Cove Boulevard at the Whistlers Cove Apartments in Lely Resort early Monday morning.
Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of a person with a gunshot wound at 1:12 a.m. Monday.
Deputies confirmed Christian Chavez, 15, died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Gulf Coast News spoke to Chavez’s sister Monday evening, she said her brother went to East Naples Middle School, he was soccer player and told us “if you knew him, you knew he had a good heart. In addition to that he was an uncle.
Residents at Whistlers Cove said they were confused on how a teenager that young had access to a gun.
“13 years-old his life is over now, never had a chance and he might it might not even be his he don’t even know enough he wasn’t taught enough to even weigh the you know the outcome of the situation,” said Kenneth Griffin.
“I see a lot of, like, with the kids come around here shooting fake guns, thinking it’s cool and funny, like, they could easily hurt somebody,” he added.
Irving Adrian Jimenez Lopez, 13, has been arrested and faces a manslaughter charge.
Deputies say that, at this time, they believe the shooting was “accidental.”
