In an incredibly sad day for the martial arts community, legendary Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Leandro Lo was murdered in his home country of Brazil in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 7.
According to Brazilian news outlet G1, Lo was shot in the head by a man with whom he had an argument with at a nightclub in the city of Sao Paulo. The shooter was identified as military police officer Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo, who has not yet been located.
Lo’s lawyer, Ivan Siqueira Junior, explained to G1 that Otavio had been provoking Leandro before the situation escalated, but the fighter immobilized Velozo in order to deescalate it.