BOCA RATON, FL — Two more people are in custody in the shooting of a teenager during an April 24 sleepover at a rental home west of Boca Raton, bringing the number of defendants charged in the case to three, according to Palm Beach County Circuit Court dockets and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest paperwork.
Calvin Devon Waldon Jr., 21, of Coral Springs, and Easton Meza, 16, of Boca Raton, were taken into custody Tuesday, July 7, 2026, and made their first appearances in Palm Beach County Circuit Court the following day, court records show. Both are being held without bond on charges of attempted first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm.
They join Victor Manuel Rivero III, 17, of Coral Springs, who was arrested April 27, 2026, and is now facing the same amended charges after being moved into adult court, according to court records. Rivero is also being held without bond.
Waldon is identified in a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office probable cause affidavit as the person who allegedly fired the shot that struck the victim. Meza and Rivero, both juveniles at the time of the alleged incident, are being prosecuted as adults, court records show. Rivero and Waldon are identified in the affidavits as brothers and share an address in Coral Springs.
What PBSO says happened
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Station #54 responded at approximately 3:34 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 2026, to a reported shooting during "an occupied residential burglary of firearms" in the area of Crescendo Circle and the 18000-block of Treble Lane, in unincorporated Palm Beach County west of the city of Boca Raton, according to a probable cause affidavit written by PBSO Detective Emily A. Hurdle.
On arrival, deputies found the teenage victim seated in the doorway of his residence with an apparent gunshot wound to the right inner thigh and knee area, a laceration to the head and extensive road rash, the affidavit states. He was transported to Delray Medical Center in serious condition. His current medical condition was not available in the provided records. The victim's identity is being withheld under Florida's Marsy's Law and juvenile victim protections.
Amended charges filed July 7
The State Attorney's Office filed amended information against all three defendants on July 7, 2026, according to Palm Beach County court records.
Each defendant now faces one count of attempted first-degree murder under Florida Statute 782.04(1)(a)(1) — charged as "with a firearm (premeditated)" for Meza and Rivero, and as "with a deadly weapon" for Waldon — and one count of robbery with a firearm under F.S. 812.13(2)(a). Both are first-degree felonies. Robbery with a firearm carries a potential penalty of up to life in prison in Florida.
For Waldon, the July 7 amended information replaced a grand theft charge that had been filed in May, and added the robbery-with-a-firearm count, court records show. Waldon was first arrested April 27, 2026, on the original PBSO charges of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, grand theft and armed burglary of an occupied dwelling. On May 26, the State Attorney's Office had filed an information dropping the burglary count and reducing the murder count to "with a deadly weapon" and had left him charged with grand theft. He had been out of custody as of a June 18 court date, according to the docket, before returning to custody on the July 7 amended charges.
For Meza and Rivero, the July 7 filings moved their cases into adult circuit court. Both were juveniles at the time of the alleged incident — Meza was 15 and Rivero was 16 — but both have since had 16th and 17th birthdays, court records show.
Court records list the three cases as 502026CF003105AXXXMB (Waldon), 502026CF003105BXXXMB (Meza) and 502026CF003105CXXXMB (Rivero).
Under Florida's principal statute, F.S. 777.011, a person can be charged with a crime whether or not they were the alleged trigger-puller. The probable cause affidavits accuse only Waldon of firing the gun.
The affidavit's account
The probable cause affidavits describe a chain of events that began with a group FaceTime call around 1 a.m. on April 24.
The victim was on the call with Meza and another juvenile identified in the affidavit as "Little Zooty," according to the affidavit. The victim invited Meza to sleep over, and Meza agreed on the condition that the other juvenile could come as well, the affidavit states.
About 30 minutes later, the two arrived at the residence. When the victim opened the door, according to the affidavit, he saw a dark-colored SUV stopped in front of his house with three other people inside.
Meza and the other juvenile entered and spent about an hour with the victim, the affidavit states. During that time, the victim told investigators, the two took photos on his cellphone posing with rifles he stored in his bedroom closet.
When the pair asked for food, the victim went to the kitchen, according to the affidavit. From the kitchen, he told deputies, he heard people running out the front door and heard one of his rifles hit the door. He ran out and saw Meza allegedly holding both rifles and the other juvenile holding a Glock 26 Gen 4 handgun that belonged to him, the affidavit states.
As they ran to the waiting SUV, the affidavit says, Rivero, in the driver's seat, sped onto the street. The other juvenile got into the rear seat through the driver's side. Meza attempted to enter through the rear passenger side, but the victim slammed the door on him, causing him to fall momentarily, according to the affidavit.
Meza stood up and he and the victim then struggled over one of the rifles, the affidavit states. The SUV sped off with the victim still hanging out of the open rear passenger door, according to the affidavit.
While the victim was hanging out of the moving vehicle, the affidavit alleges, Waldon — in the front passenger seat facing back toward the victim — struck him under the eye with a pistol and again in the head. Meza is accused of striking the victim in the face with the barrel of one of the rifles. Multiple people in the vehicle yelled "shoot him, shoot him, shoot him," the affidavit states.
Waldon then allegedly pointed a firearm at the victim's head, according to the affidavit. The victim told investigators he recognized the gun as a Glock 19 MOS with a threaded barrel and an extended magazine loaded with hollow-point ammunition. When the round was fired, the victim ducked and was struck in the leg, the affidavit states. He fell out of the vehicle and was run over by the rear tire as the SUV fled the scene, according to the affidavit.
Evidence at the scene
Detectives found a portion of a vehicle and a single sandal in the roadway just west of the residence, according to the affidavit. A single Speer 9mm Luger casing and the matching sandal were located in the roadway of the 18000-block of Treble Lane, just northeast of the residence, the affidavit states.
Inside the doorway, deputies observed a red blood-like substance, a towel and a dark-colored shirt, according to the affidavit.
Video from multiple residences in the area was gathered, the affidavit states. That footage showed a dark-colored SUV turning onto Crescendo Circle at approximately 1:24 a.m. and stopping in front of the residence with its headlights and brake lights illuminated. About two hours later, at approximately 3:31 a.m., the same SUV was recorded turning quickly onto Crescendo Circle from Concerto Drive and stopping as several individuals ran from the residence and got into the vehicle, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit describes one individual — later alleged to be Meza — trailing midway into the rear passenger side with the door open before the SUV sped off eastbound toward Treble Lane. It was then captured fleeing northbound on Treble Lane, and a single gunshot could be heard, the affidavit states. Shortly thereafter, an individual could be seen hopping on one leg back toward the residence.
Inside the home, executed pursuant to a lawful search warrant, deputies observed evidence of recent cooking in the kitchen sink and firearms accessories in the victim's bedroom, the affidavit states. On the floor near a bedside table in the victim's bedroom, according to the affidavit, deputies recovered a green Visa debit card in the name of "Calvin Waldon."
The victim's mother
The victim's mother told investigators that she and her son had moved into the rental home approximately one month before the shooting, according to the affidavit. She said that around 1 a.m. she was cooking inside the residence when she could hear her son on a FaceTime call with two individuals she has known as historically close friends of her son.
After making food, she went to sleep, the affidavit states. She later woke to her son calling out for her, found him by the front door with an apparent gunshot wound and dialed 911, according to the affidavit.
The victim told investigators the two stolen rifles combined were worth approximately $3,500, the affidavit states.
Case status
The three defendants each face a July 16, 2026, arraignment before Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Donald W. Hafele, according to court records. Meza and Rivero also have initial case conferences set for August 6 before Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer. Waldon has a plea conference set for October 14 before Judge Suskauer.
Court records list private attorney Noble as counsel for Meza, private attorney L. Piranti as counsel for Rivero, and note that the Public Defender's Office was appointed for Waldon at his April 28 first appearance.
The probable cause affidavits were sworn by Detective Hurdle on April 26, 2026, and notarized by Sergeant Christopher Neuman. The cases are being handled in the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County.
Charges are allegations and remain unproven unless the defendants are convicted in court. The identity of the victim is being withheld under Florida's Marsy's Law and juvenile victim protections. Two other individuals are named in the probable cause affidavits as being present during the alleged incident but do not appear to have been charged in the records provided to Boca Post.
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