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Former UFC star Kane Velazquez has been charged with attempted murder and faces other charges related to the shooting in California this week.
Velazquez, 39, was formally charged Wednesday, and a report by the San Jose Police Department shed light on the incident and gave the alleged motive behind the shooting. Police said the victim of the shooting was not the person alleged that Velazquez was targeted.
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Kane Velázquez reacted after losing by knockout to Francis Nganu of Cameroon in their heavyweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at the Talking Stick Resort Arena on February 17, 2019 in Phoenix.
(Josh Hedges / Zuffa LLC / Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
According to police, San Jose and Morgan Hill officers received a call about a man who shot at a vehicle with three passengers inside. The gunman has been identified as Velázquez and is said to have shot dead a man who was later transported to a local hospital with injuries, according to police. The report says Velázquez tracked down a woman and another man, who was later identified as Harry Goularte Jr.
Police say Velázquez fired a gun at Goulart, who was recently accused of harassing a close relative of the retired master of mixed martial arts. Gularte was charged with a felony and lewd act against a child on February 25th and was released under supervision, police said.
Gularte lived in day care run by his mother. According to police, Goularte’s mother was in the car that Velázquez shot at. Authorities said day care had been temporarily closed.
Harry Gularte Jr. was arrested on February 25, 2022, for allegedly touching a minor victim.
(Sheriff of Santa Clara County)
After the arrest of Velazquez, Morgan Hill police found a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol in the suspect’s car with nine bullets loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition, a police report said. There was another cartridge in the console that had three bullets, and two .40-cliber cartridges were found in the passenger seat. Police say the gun was legally registered to Velazquez.
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Police said four shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting, and a cartridge case was placed in the vehicle in which the victims were sitting.
The accusation of attempted murder of Velazquez stems from his shooting at Goulart, according to The Mercury News. He also faces charges of shooting at an occupied vehicle, multiple assaults and a weapon charge.
“The sad tragedy is that Mr. Velazquez chose to take the law into his own hands, endangering the public and everyone in the truck,” Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen told KTVU. “This act of violence also causes more pain and suffering to his family.
Cain Velázquez was arrested on February 28, 2022.
(San Jose Police Department)
Others defended Velazquez on social media.
Velazquez was a UFC champion. He won the UFC heavyweight title over Brock Lesnar at UFC 121 in October 2010. After losing it in his next fight against Junior dos Santos, he regained his title over dos Santos at UFC 155. He defended the title twice and after it lost her to Fabricio Verdum.
Velázquez last fought in the UFC against current champion Francis Nganu in February 2019. Nganu won the battle in 26 seconds.
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After retiring from mixed martial arts, Velazquez was seen in the professional wrestling performing for the WWE and the promotion of Mexican wrestling AAA.