According to information from the lawyer, Leandro Lo died in the early hours of this Sunday, 07, after getting involved in a fight during a pagoda show.
In the dawn of this Sunday, 07, the star Leandro Lo died at the age of 33. With a great history in jiu-jitsu, the Brazilian was brain dead confirmed by his lawyer after being shot in the head during a pagode show held in the city of Sao Paulo. The perpetrator of the crime has already been identified, but remains on the run since the fighter’s death.
According to information released by the portal “G1”, which had access to the police report made after the crime, Leandro Lo argued with a boy during the group’s show ‘Pixote’ and immobilized him to try to calm the situation. However, the man managed to get away, pulled out a gun and shot the sports star.
According to information from the website “Combate”, Leandro Lo was murdered by Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo, who is a military policeman and drew his gun after fighting the athlete. Since the crime committed in the early hours of this Sunday, 07, the boy has been on the run and continues to be sought after by the authorities of the city of São Paulo.
With the identification of the shooter carried out, the police asked for the preventive arrest of the boy who shot Leandro Lo. The information was revealed by the Secretary of Public Security of the state of São Paulo. In contact with “TV Globo”, Leandro Lo’s lawyer confirmed the jiu-jitsu athlete’s brain death.
Initially, the police registered the man’s action as an attempted murder. It is worth noting that the recording took place before brain death was confirmed. Leandro Lo was taken to the hospital shortly after being shot. The unfortunate episode took place inside the Syrian Clubnightclub located in the region of Indianapolisin Sao Paulo.
After being shot, Leandro Lo was still rescued and taken to the Arthur Saboya Municipal Hospitalat the jabaquara, also in the South Zone of SP. The fighter’s family did not authorize the doctors to give information about the health status of the multi-champion, but the athlete’s lawyer confirmed the brain death after the crime.
“Preliminarily, this is an incident involving the multi-time world champion of jiu-jitsu Leandro Ló Pereira do Nascimento and the military police officer Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo. As the witnesses report, the police officer Henrique, after a brief discussion, went to the victim Leandro’s table, taking a bottle from the table, in a continuous act the victim got up, took the bottle from the author’s hand and, in a struggle, the dropped and immobilized“, detailed the incident report accessed by the website ‘Combate’.
Today jiu-jitsu lost one of its greatest athletes, the one who inspired and will continue to inspire many athletes. Leandro Lo, you were a giant, may God comfort your family and friends. May the Almighty keep him in good stead. Go with God OSS 🖤🥋 pic.twitter.com/xXq7qK5gz0
— every day a news about a different sport (@tododia_esporte) August 7, 2022
“At this point, colleagues of the victim separated both and asked “to leave it alone”. The author, after getting up, went around the table and, facing the victim, drew his gun and fired, which hit the frontal region of the victim’s head (forehead, left side). Victim is in very serious condition at Hospital Municial Dr. Arthur Ribeiro de Saboya“, reported the incident report.
At 33 years of age, Leandro Lo made history in world sport. With several titles and being the main responsible for placing the Brazil featured in jiu-jitsu, the fighter left his legacy and inspired countless young people to follow in his footsteps. O Athletistic wishes a lot of strength to the family and friends of the great Brazilian champion.
In his career within jiu-jitsu, Leandro Lo won eight World Cups, five World Cups, eight Pan American Games and a few other important achievements within the world sport. On social media, the Brazilian fighter has always shared his routine and titles achieved along his trajectory within the world of fights.
Source: sportbuzz
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