Dog the Bounty Hunter’s Stepson Shoots and Kills His Son in Accident

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July 21, 2025

Duane “Dog” Chapman’s stepson reportedly shot and killed his 13-year-old son over the weekend.

TMZ was the first to report that Gregory Zecca, who is the son of Chapman’s wife, Francie, shot his son Anthony in an accident. The incident reportedly took place Saturday night at an apartment in Naples, Florida.

“We are grieving as a family over this incomprehensible tragic accident and would ask for continued prayers as we grieve the loss of our beloved grandson, Anthony,” Chapman and his wife said in a statement given to TMZ. They also asked for privacy as they mourn Anthony.

Police told TMZ that they responded to a call about a shooting around 8 p.m. local time. No arrests have been made, with police saying it was an “isolated incident.” An investigation is ongoing.

Zecca, who is Francie’s son from her previous marriage, works with Chapman on his bounty hunting team, according to TMZ. Chapman and Francie got married in 2021 after their respective spouses died.

Chapman gained fame when he starred on Dog the Bounty Hunter, which ran for eight seasons from 2004-12. It also featured his late wife, Beth Chapman, along with other family members.

The couple went on to star in another show, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, which aired on CMT for three seasons, from 2013-15.

After that, they appeared in Dog’s Most Wanted for WGN America. That show aired for one season, in 2019.

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Italian Grand Prix: How Max Verstappen surpassed fastest F1 cars in history in taking Monza pole

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September 6, 2025

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Verstappen has not won since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in May.

One might have expected the four-time champion to be pessimistic of turning this into a win, as the McLaren has generally had a much bigger advantage in races this year than in qualifying, because it is so good on its tyres.

But Verstappen was relatively optimistic after qualfiying.

“I don’t sit here and think it is going to be easy to be in front of McLaren,” he said. “The whole season has shown that.

“This season we have had a few good qualifyings but in the race we always seem to struggle a little bit compared to them.

“I am going to give it a good go. Friday, my long run was nice. I’m not sure it is going to be enough but if we can do something similar and they don’t improve too much then I have a feeling that maybe we have a chance.

“To stay here will be tough but we will see what we can do.”

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella explained the technical reasons why Verstappen might be more competitive over a race distance this weekend than previously.

Stella explained that the McLaren was the fastest car in the corners but was losing time on the straights in qualifying.

“In racing, the corners become quite a bit longer, because you brake earlier, you go later on throttle, so the grip-limited area extends, and this would make our car just naturally more competitive,” he said.

“However, from what we have seen in terms of lap times in practice, if we take the lap times that Verstappen was able to do, they were very comparable to ours. I think he has done a whole long run in 1.23s, which is very fast, very competitive.

“We have seen good lap times for Ferrari, good lap times for Mercedes.

“The Tarmac is very high grip after the resurface last year. I think there won’t be necessarily much degradation, and it won’t be the natural characteristic of McLaren being very good when the grip is low.

“I think the field will be much more compact, not only in qualifying like we have seen today, but also in the race.”

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UFC Paris live updates: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho results, round-by-round analysis, highlights

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September 6, 2025

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Uncrowned has UFC Paris live results, round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho fight card on Saturday afternoon at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. Rising middleweight contenders Imavov and Borralho collide in a five-round main event that’s expected to serve as a title eliminator for UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev, while French lightweight faces off against Borrlaho’s Fighting Nerds teammate, Mauricio Ruffy, in the three-round co-headliner.

Imavov (16-4, 1 NC) punctuated the best run of his UFC career in February with a massive second-round stoppage of two-time former champion Israel Adesanya. A 30-year-old French national who goes by the nickname “The Sniper,” Imavov has won four consecutive UFC bouts, also besting fellow contenders Jared Cannonier, Brendan Allen and Roman Dolidze.

Borralho (17-1, 1 NC) has similarly been on fire since debuting under the UFC umbrella with back-to-back wins on Dana White’s Contender Series over a span of just three weeks in 2021. The 32-year-old Brazilian is a perfect 7-0 in the UFC proper, and shot up the ranks on the heels of his latest two victories over Paul Craig and Cannonier. Borralho also served as the promotion’s official backup fighter for UFC 319’s middleweight title bout between Chimaev and now-former champ Dricus du Plessis.

In the co-main event, Saint Denis (14-3, 1 NC) looks to continue his recent rebound following his second-round submission of Kyle Prepolec this past May, which snapped a two-fight losing skid. He’ll have his work cut out for him though, as Ruffy (12-1) is undefeated in the UFC and most recently scored one of the wildest knockouts of the year with his first-round spinning wheel kick of King Green at UFC 315.

The UFC Paris start time for the preliminary card is at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The main card begins live at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Follow along with Uncrowned’s live UFC Paris: Imavov vs. Borralho results, highlights and live blog below, including round-by-round play-by-play of the final two bouts of the day.

Main Card (ESPN+, LIVE NOW)

Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio Borralho

Lightweight: Benoit Saint Denis vs. Mauricio Ruffy

Light heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Paul Craig

Lightweight: Bolaji Oki vs. Mason Jones

Welterweight: Axel Sola vs. Rhys McKee

Featherweight: William Gomis def. Robert Ruchala via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Prelims

Light heavyweight: Oumar Sy def. Brendson Ribeiro via TKO (punches) at 4:42 of R1 | Watch finish

Heavyweight: Ante Delija def. Marcin Tybura via TKO (punches) at 2:03 of R1 | Watch finish | Aspinall reacts

Lightweight: Kaue Fernandes def. Harry Hardwick via TKO (leg kicks) at 3:21 of R1 | Watch finish

Welterweight: Sam Patterson def. Trey Waters via TKO (punches) at 3:01 of R1 | Watch finish

Middleweight: Robert Bryczek def. Brad Tavares via TKO (punches) at 1:43 of R3 | Watch finish

Welterweight: Rinat Fakhretdinov def. Andreas Gustafsson via TKO (strikes) at :54 of R1 | Watch finish

Strawweight: Sam Hughes def. Shauna Bannon via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:58 of R2 | Watch finish

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Israel destroys second high-rise as assault on Gaza City intensifies

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September 6, 2025

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Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent reporting from Istanbul and

Wyre DaviesBBC News, Jerusalem

AFP via Getty Images People search for salvage at the mound of rubble at the site of the collapsed Sussi Tower, which was destroyed earlier by Israeli bombardment, in Gaza City on 6 September 2025. — The Sussi Tower is the second Gaza City high-rise to be destroyed in as many days

The Israeli military has destroyed a high-rise block in Gaza City, the second major tower it has targeted in as many days.

Defence Minister Israel Katz posted video of the building collapsing on X, with the caption: “We’re continuing”.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which has been expanding operations in Gaza, said the Sussi Tower was being used by Hamas – a claim denied by the militant group.

It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties. Ahead of Saturday’s strike, Israel dropped leaflets repeating calls for Palestinians to relocate to what it calls a humanitarian zone in the south.

In a social media post, IDF Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents to “join the thousands of people who have already gone” to al-Mawasi – an area between Khan Younis and the coastline.

The IDF has repeatedly encouraged civilians to move there, saying medical care, water and food will be provided.

However, the UN has said the tent camps in al-Mawasi are overcrowded and unsafe, and that southern hospitals are overwhelmed.

On Tuesday, five children were killed while queuing for water in al-Mawasi. Witnesses said they were struck by an Israeli drone, an incident which the IDF said was “under review”.

Anadolu via Getty Images Huge clouds of smoke erupt against the blue sky from Mushata Tower in the West of Gaza, following an Israeli airstrike. The building is beginning to collapse, and two people can be seen in the foreground. — The Mushtaha Tower, located west of Gaza City, was destroyed on Friday

The Sussi Tower is the second high-rise to be destroyed in as many days. On Friday social-media footage showed the Mushtaha Tower, in the city’s al-Rimal neighbourhood, collapsing after a massive explosion at its base.

The IDF said precautionary measures had been taken to mitigate harm to civilians, “including advance warnings to the population” and the use of “precise munitions”.

But Palestinians said displaced families had been sheltering in the Mushtaha Tower, and Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal accused Israel of enacting “a policy of forced displacement”.

Satellite imagery shows several neighbourhoods in parts of the city have been levelled by Israeli strikes and demolitions over the past month.

The residential and commercial tower blocks in Gaza City represented an important chapter in the city’s history, tied to hopes of ending the Israeli occupation and building an independent Palestinian state.

The rise of multi-storey towers – more than five floors – began after the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, which allowed tens of thousands of Palestinians to return from exile to Gaza and parts of the West Bank.

Following the Israeli withdrawal from most of Gaza in 1994, vertical expansion became a necessity to accommodate the influx of returnees.

The Palestinian Authority encouraged large investments in the construction sector, with entire neighbourhoods named after the towers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s intention to seize all of the Gaza Strip after indirect talks with Hamas on a ceasefire and hostage release deal broke down in July.

The UN estimates nearly one million people remain in Gaza City, where it declared a famine last month. It has warned of an imminent “disaster” if the assault proceeds.

The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

At least 63,746 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The ministry also says 367 people have so far died during the war as a result of malnutrition and starvation.

Additional reporting by Ruth Comerford

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