MELISSA MONTOYA

MMONTOYA@NEWS-PRESS.COM

A late night party ended badly in Cape Coral after a shooting broke out Saturday morning.

Matthew Pech, 27, was shot and killed and two others were injured. Cape Coral police said they are not releasing the names of the two who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Christopher Curtis Manley, 19, of Cape Coral was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, according to a news release. He is being held at the Lee County Jail.

According to the Cape Coral Police Department, shortly after 2 a.m. police responded to phone calls from neighbors who were complaining about noise. A shouting match broke out before police arrived at the home at the 400 block of Southeast 12th Court. When police got there, 35 people were in the roadway along with the three victims.

Neighbors said they heard yelling and then all of a sudden a pop — four gunshots in total — before cars took off immediately. Neighbors said the home is often used for parties on weekends.

Police said evidence and eyewitness testimony led them to Manley. After a search of his home in the 1100 block of Southwest 16th Terrace they arrested Manley. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office website, Manley has no prior arrests in Lee County.

Lynn Pech, Matthew's aunt from New Jersey, said he was in the process of turning around his life. "He did have some trouble in the past."

Records show Pech has been arrested at least nine times since 2005, including for larceny and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.

Pech had a son over a year ago and Lynn Pech said that changed her nephew. "He texted me and said he was getting his life in order."

She also said she believes Pech was in the wrong place at the wrong time.