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The Brazilian authorities arrested this Sunday a police officer accused of having killed with a shot to the head the fighter
Leandro Lo,
one of the
greatest world figures in jiu-jitsu and eight-time world champion
of this martial art, with whom he would have argued in a party in
Sao Paulo.
Lieutenant
Henrique Otavio Oliveira Velozo,
a 30-year-old
São Paulo Militarized Police
officer , appeared before his superiors today and was immediately arrested as a suspect in the crime that occurred at dawn this Sunday.
The arrest was carried out in compliance with an order issued by the
Court of Justice of Sao Paulo
and which requested that he be provisionally arrested for 30 days while he is investigated as the main suspect in the murder of the world champion.
According to the
Civil Police,
Oliveira Velozo was taken to a police station to testify as a suspect and will later be transferred to a special prison for law enforcement agents.
The murder occurred in the exclusive
Sirio Club,
in the southern area of Sao Paulo, the largest city in
Brazil,
where the athlete had gone with friends to enjoy a performance by a popular music group at a party.
According to witnesses,
the fighter argued for reasons not yet clarified
with an apparently drunk man and immobilized him with a typical martial arts arm lock in an attempt to calm him down.
Once he was free, the assailant pulled out a gun and shot the world champion in the head.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with brain death.
Although he
fled the scene of the crime,
the alleged assailant, who was dressed in civilian clothes and enjoying his day off, was identified by witnesses and with the help of security cameras.
According to press reports, the defendant
already had a record for acts of indiscipline,
for having interfered in a discussion and assaulted another police officer in an incident that occurred in a bar in Sao Paulo.
Leandro Pereira do Nascimento Lo,
33, was eight times world champion in jiu-jitsu in five different categories and won five
World Cup
titles in the sport, as well as eight
Pan American
titles in this sport.
The fighter, who won his first world title in 2012 in the lightweight category, was still active and
in May of this year he won a new world title,
but in the medium-heavyweight category.
The Brazilian had planned to play a championship in the
United States in the coming days.
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