Juan Coc Xo, a 54-year-old Hispanic/Latino male, was walking home with a friend along 41st Terrace Southwest in the Golden Gate area of Naples around 2 a.m. on August 17, 2025, when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside tried to rob them. Coc Xo refused to hand over his belongings; a shot rang out, and he collapsed where he stood, the night suddenly flooded with sirens as neighbors woke to the commotion and deputies cordoned off the block.
By sunrise, word spread that he had died at the scene, leaving a quiet street to reckon with a killing that seemed both senseless and swift.
For weeks the investigation churned in the background—detectives retracing steps, canvassing the area, and following leads—until September 21, when the Collier County Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year-old Anthony Michael Felix. He was charged with second-degree murder, accused of attempting to rob Coc Xo before the fatal shot. Local outlets described Felix as homeless at the time of his arrest. Authorities have not announced additional suspects; the case narrative points to a single assailant in the car that interrupted the walk home that night.
The man who died was publicly identified as Juan Coc Xo of Naples by memorial and funeral notices, which set his dates as November 21, 1970, to August 17, 2025. Those remembrances, spare in detail, framed a life ended abruptly on a neighborhood street and now remembered in candles and comments from those who knew him.
