Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a shooting that injured a man in Northern California, police said.
Velasquez, 39, was arrested Monday in San Jose and is being held without bail at Santa Clara County Main Jail, records show. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.
It was not immediately known if he has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
The San Jose Police Department said officers responded to a shooting Monday and found a man with at least one gunshot wound. The man was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the department said on Twitter.
Velasquez was arrested hours later. What led to the shooting is still under investigation, police said.
Velasquez beat Brock Lesner for the UFC heavyweight title in 2010 and then reclaimed the championship in 2012 after losing to Junior dos Santos.
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He held on to the belt until 2015 and his last UFC fight came in 2019, when he suffered a knockout loss just 26 seconds to Francis Ngannou.
Velasquez transitioned to pro-wrestling after retiring from his MMA career in 2019.
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