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Former UFC Fighting Champion Cain Velasquez Arrested for Attempted Murder

2022-03-01T19:18:46.670Z


The 39-year-old fighter is accused of shooting a man in California. By Elisha Fieldstadt — NBC News Caín Velásquez, professional fighter and former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was arrested on Monday accused of shooting a man in California. Velasquez, 39, is being held in the Santa Clara County Jail on a charge of attempted murder, San Jose police said. [A man was looking for deer antlers in a forest. Instead he found the remains of a m


By Elisha Fieldstadt —

NBC News

Caín Velásquez, professional fighter and former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), was arrested on Monday accused of shooting a man in California.

Velasquez, 39, is being held in the Santa Clara County Jail on a charge of attempted murder, San Jose police said.

[A man was looking for deer antlers in a forest.

Instead he found the remains of a missing MMA fighter]

"The motive and circumstances surrounding this incident remain under investigation at this time," police said.

Officers responded to a call for a shooting late Monday and found a man who had been shot at least once.

He was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, and Velásquez was arrested as the alleged perpetrator.

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Velásquez, the son of a migrant who arrived undocumented from Mexico to the United States, is a fighter specializing in mixed martial arts and a two-time UFC heavyweight champion.

Source: telemundo

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