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Ex-UFC Champ Cain Velasquez Issues Statement After Arrest on Attempted Murder Charge

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.