Jiu-jitsu figure, Leandro Lo (33) was the victim of a terrible tragedy in his country, Brazil, on August 7, 2022. The tragic information, relayed in particular by the Globo.com site, reports an altercation with a individual in a São Paulo club during the night from Saturday to Sunday during which the Brazilian athlete was shot in the head. The author of the shot wanted to take a bottle from the table of the sportsman who had then immobilized him to calm his ardor. The suspect turned out to be a military police officer Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo…
Eight times world jiu-jitsu champion, holder of 13 world medals between 2012 and 2022, including eight titles, as well as eight continental titles, Leandro Lo is rightly considered a legend of this sport. His biography now includes terrible lines: those of a violent death in the early morning of a Sunday in the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo. After being targeted by the bullet from the gun of the individual with whom he clashed shortly before, he was taken to hospital but could not be saved. The fighter’s attorney confirmed the athlete’s brain death.
The lawyer says that after the shooting, the assailant kicked Leandro twice on the ground. Few people heard the sound of the gunshot due to the club setting where the music was loud. A friend of the fighter who witnessed the crime said the shooter was alone and provoked Lo and five friends, who were at a table. “He arrived, took a bottle of alcohol from our table. Lo just stopped him to calm down. He took four or five steps and shot“said the witness, who requested anonymity.
The suspect fled but was arrested the same day of the dramatic incident, at the end of the afternoon. According to a police report obtained by Fight, the crime was registered as attempted murder in the 16th police district of Vila Clementino and Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo will be sent to Romão Gomes prison.