A controversial social media influencer known as Clavicular is facing charges in connection with a video showing him shooting an apparently already dead alligator in the Everglades, local Florida media has reported.

Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters and is known for the practice of “looksmaxxing”, faces charges of unlawfully discharging a firearm in a public place or residential property, according to legal files obtained by television station ABC6 in South Florida.

The charge reportedly carries a potential fine of $1,000 and possible jail time or probation, per WFLA.

Two other people also charged in the incident are Andrew Morales and Yabdiel Anibal Cotto Torres. Morales is known on social media as “The Cuban Tarzan”.

Looksmaxxing is when someone seeks to “maximize” their physical attractiveness by often extreme measures such as steroids, surgery and intense exercise.

Clavicular, who has been the subject of numerous in-depth media profiles and TV appearances in recent months, is one of the most high-profile looksmaxxers who has burst into more mainstream fame. He has been involved in a series of controversies, including livestreaming himself apparently running over a pedestrian with a vehicle and being filmed chanting the lyrics to Kanye West’s Heil Hitler in a nightclub with the self-styled “misogynist influencer” Andrew Tate.

In a statement to ABC6, Morales’s attorney, Richard L Cooper, said: “We urge the public not to rush to judgment. Importantly, there is no allegation that any animal was injured.”