Father’s girlfriend arrested on manslaughter charge 3 weeks after teen’s shooting death

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – More than three weeks after the shooting death of 15-year-old Achilles Lopez, the girlfriend of the teen’s father has been arrested on a felony charge of manslaughter with a firearm, Pembroke Pines police said Tuesday.

Authorities took 24-year-old Francy Marcos, of Miami Gardens, into custody at the Broward Main Jail, police said.

A friend of Lopez’s, who was with him just before the shooting at a Pembroke Pines home June 11, said he became so frightened with how Marcos was handling the gun that he left the house just moments before she fired the fatal shot.

Noon report:

Police described the shooting as accidental.

Lopez was a local soccer player whose coach said he was respected, admired, and loved by his teammates. His sister called him an “extraordinary person” in an interview with Local 10 News on June 20.

A neighbor, who did not wish to be identified, reacted to Marcos’ arrest Wednesday.

“I know a lot of people are in shock and devastated,” she said.

Marcos bonded out of jail overnight.

Editor’s note: While it was initially reported that, based on accounts from relatives and neighbors, Marcos was the victim’s stepmother, Pembroke Pines Police clarified Wednesday that “the suspect was in a relationship with the victim’s father at the time of the incident. They are not related to the victim, as was initially believed in our initial investigation.”


About the Authors:

Chris Gothner joined the Local 10 News team in 2022 as a Digital Journalist.

Reporter Rosh Lowe has been covering news for nearly two decades in South Florida. He joined Local 10 in 2021.