Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has issued a statement for the first time since being arrested on an attempted murder charge.
In a statement on Twitter, Velasquez thanked his supporters and called the story of the shooting "complex and slowly unraveling as we speak."
TMZ Sports reported March 1 that Velasquez was arrested in San Jose and booked on an attempted murder charge for a shooting near a local high school. One person was shot.
This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.