Horrific way Florida man died as he kissed his boyfriend to celebrate the New Year
A Florida man is mourning the unexpected loss of his friend, who was apparently killed by a stray bullet fired in celebration of the New Year.
Angel Nunes, 50, was apparently struck by the stray bullet just after midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Nunes immediately collapsed in his friend’s arms and was later pronounced dead from his injuries.
Before the fatal countdown, he made a last-minute decision to visit his friend, 68-year-old Chris Dillion, at his Fort Lauderdale home after celebrating a party in the city with friends.
The 50-year-old arrived at Dillion’s home on the 700 block of Northeast 17th Court just before midnight in hopes of ringing in the new year with his loved one.
“At 11:58 he surprises me,” Dillon recalled. “He says, ‘Are you home?’ He comes around the corner and has a big grin on his face. “Hey,” he says, “I didn’t want you to spend New Year’s Eve alone, so I ran over here.”
The couple then left Dillion’s home and went outside to the pool deck behind the house.
‘I grabbed the back of his head and he grabbed the back of my head and forcefully had the most beautiful kiss, it was so beautiful, pulled away, I said ‘I love you’, he said ‘I love you ‘, and then he fell,’ Dillon said.
Angel Nunes (left), 50, is believed to be the victim of a stray bullet after falling into the arms of his boyfriend Chris Dillion (right) just after midnight on New Year’s Eve
Nunes (pictured) made a last-minute decision to visit his friend, 68-year-old Chris Dillion, at his Fort Lauderdale home just before midnight on New Year’s Eve after partying with friends in the city
“I didn’t think he was dead.”
Dillon frantically tried to get Nunez to his feet, but he didn’t respond.
Using his four decades of experience as an airline stewardess and his medical training, Dillon said he tried to treat Nunes’ wound with the help of a telephone emergency responder.
The distressed friend lifted his T-shirt only to discover a split of less than an inch in Nunez’s abdomen.
Police and paramedics showed up and hours later pronounced his beloved friend dead.
“I was crying, I started sobbing on the floor,” Dillon said. “It’s heartbreaking.”
Dillon says he thought he saw a “spark” as a projectile entered his friend’s lower left side.
“It came through those trees,” Dillon told police South Florida Sun Sentinelas he points to an area between his house and the Middle River with palm trees.
The pair then left the house and went outside to the pool deck behind the house (pictured). ‘I grabbed the back of his head and he grabbed the back of my head and forcefully had the most beautiful kiss, it was so beautiful, pulled away, I said ‘I love you’, he said ‘I love you ‘ and then he fell,’ Dillon said
Police and paramedics showed up and hours later pronounced his beloved friend dead. “I was crying, I started sobbing on the floor,” Dillon said. ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Nunes had been standing with his back to the waterway, Dillon recalled.
‘It just continued there. That’s where the police said it looked like it came from.”
Fort Lauderdale police are now investigating whether or not 50-year-old Nunez was struck by a stray bullet as believed.
Nunez’s death wasn’t the only casualty caused by a stray bullet, as another South Floridian death was attributed to a “celebratory” bullet that same night.
Just four minutes into 2025, an adorable 10-year-old girl was killed outside her home in Allapattah after being hit in the head by a stray bullet that was also believed to have been fired in celebration of the New Year.
Yanelis Munuguia, who had just celebrated her 10th birthday on December 26, was ringing in the new year with family when she was hit in the head by the stray round at around 4:04 am on Wednesday.
The innocent child immediately fell to the ground outside her family’s home on the 2100 block of Northwest 27th Avenue in Allapattah, sending the family into a panic.
Her parents noticed a gunshot wound on the back of little Yanelis’ head.
Now panicking, amid a lively New Year’s Eve party outside their home, the family put the girl in a car with the intention of taking her to the hospital and called 911.
Yanelis Munuguia, 10, was ringing in the New Year with her family when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet around 12:04 a.m. Wednesday
The innocent child immediately fell to the ground outside her family’s home on the 2100 block of Northwest 27th Avenue in Allapattah.
“Every time I came over, she was always happy to see me and now I can’t bear to go into their house and not be able to see her anymore,” said Yanelis’ grandfather, Ramon Valdizon. ‘It hurts my soul. I can’t bear to go into that house and not see her again.”
Hialeah Fire Rescue eventually intercepted the family and transported Yanelis to Jackson Ryder Trauma Center, where she was pronounced dead.
‘Shooting a gun in the air has consequences. Who paid? A little girl,” Yanelis’ relative, Carlos Gutierrez, said through tears.
‘What did the girl do? Nothing. What was her fault? But that’s the way things are.’
Miami-Dade police believe the unknown person who fired the shot fired wildly into the air to celebrate the start of 2025.
“Every year we talk again and again about the fact that what goes up must come down,” Detective Andre Martin told CBS News.
‘This is a prime example of the dangers of randomly firing a firearm into the air. We have a ten-year-old girl who lost her life early this year.”