The \u201clooksmaxxing\u201d influencer and streamer Braden Eric Peters, better known as Clavicular, is facing a misdemeanor charge after video shared online apparently showed him repeatedly shooting an alligator while on an airboat in the Everglades.<\/p>\n
The Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office filed the formal charging document against Peters, 20, on April 29.<\/p>\n
He faces one count of knowingly discharging a firearm in a public place stemming from the incident on March 26 at a boat dock at the Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area, according to the charging document.<\/p>\n
In addition to Peters, the State Attorney\u2019s Office filed the same misdemeanor charge against two other men stemming from the same incident \u2014 Andrew Morales, 22, an influencer who goes by \u201cThe Cuban Tarzan\u201d on social media, and Yabdiel Anibal Cotto Torres, 26.<\/p>\n
Video clips posted on social media showed Peters and Morales were among a group of men on an airboat that had stopped near an alligator that did not appear to be moving.<\/p>\n
The alligator was dead when the boat came up next to it, Peters\u2019s publicist, Mitchell Jackson, previously told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it dead?\u201d Peters asked in the video. \u201cSo could we shoot it?\u201d A few seconds later, he said, \u201cLet\u2019s test really how dead it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe just wants to shoot something,\u201d Morales said, video clips posted on X show. \u201cHe\u2019s itching.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone out of the camera\u2019s view told Morales, \u201cWell, we\u2019re good. You can pretty much do whatever safely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Morales then immediately unholstered a gun from his hip and shot twice at the alligator in the water. Peters then stood up and shot the alligator repeatedly, and Morales joined in again and also shot the animal repeatedly, video posted on X shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, I think it\u2019s dead,\u201d Peters said once he stopped shooting.<\/p>\n
Peters relied on guidance from an airboat guide, his lawyers Steven Kramer and Jeffrey Neiman said Wednesday in a written statement to the Sun Sentinel.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur client has been summoned to appear for a misdemeanor charge that stems from following the instructions of a licensed airboat guide. \u2026 No animals or people were harmed. We are confident that once the full picture is understood, people will see this for what it is,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
Morales\u2019 attorney did not respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday. A defense attorney was not yet listed for Torres as of Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Summonses were issued for the three men on Tuesday. Their arraignments are set for May 20.<\/p>\n
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was notified of the videos showing a group of people \u201crecklessly discharging firearms\u201d while on the airboat, said spokesperson Arielle Callender in an email Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
\u201cFWC officers investigated the incident, verified the veracity of the videos and identified the individuals,\u201d Callender said, adding that the three men were each charged with a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n