Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain
Velasquez was arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted
murder in connection with an alleged shooting in Morgan Hill,
Calif.
The shooting occurred near the intersection of Monterey Highway and
Baily Avenue on Monday at 3:14 p.m. local time and left one man
injured. The man was transported to a local hospital with “non-life
threatening injuries” after being shot “at least once.”
NBC Bay Area was first to report the incident, and TMZ Sports to report that
Velasquez was arrested.
The SJPD later confirmed via Twitter that Velasquez was arrested in
connection with the incident and booked into the Santa Clara County
main jail for attempted murder. “The motive and circumstances
surrounding this incident are still under investigation at this
time,” reads a statement from San Jose Police media relations.
4/ Cain Velasquez was the suspect arrested
yesterday in connection with this incident. He was booked into
Santa Clara County main jail for attempted murder.The motive and circumstances surrounding this incident are still
under investigation at this time. pic.twitter.com/bBuuPQytNx— San José Police Media Relations (@SJPD_PIO)
March 1, 2022
According to online
records, Velasquez spent Monday night in jail and is being held
without bail. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday at
noon local time. The 39-year-old trains at American Kickboxing
Academy, which is approximately 25 miles away from where the
alleged shooting occurred.
Velasquez last fought for the Las Vegas-based promotion in February
2019, when he suffered a first-round KO loss to current divisional
kingpin Francis
Ngannou at UFC on ESPN 1. The Salinas, Calif., native compiled
a 14-3 mark during his MMA career, earning wins over the likes of
Junior dos
Santos (twice), Brock
Lesnar, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, Ben
Rothwell, Cheick Kongo
and Travis
Browne. He was part of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)from
2019 to 2020 and has also competed for Mexican wrestling
organization Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.