Tragedy strikes sport again. This Sunday at dawn, the Brazilian fighter Leander Loone of the world’s greatest figures in jiu-jitsu and eight times world championreceived a shot in the head after intervening in a fight to immobilize a man with a shot of that martial art, who drew a gun and shot him, in the middle of a concert in a nightclub in São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil.
“The idol of a sport, Leandro Lo leaves us materially. We offer tribute and reverence to the one who helped and inspires so many people to wear the kimono around the world”reported the Brazilian Confederation of Sports Jiu-Jitsu (CBJJE) in a statement.
The lawyer for the family of athlete Iván Siqueira Junior, assured that his condition was very serious and that he even suffered from brain death bullet product. In any case, the São Paulo Health Department contacted the family, which did not allow official information to be revealed in this regard.
The episode occurred in the early hours of this Sunday at the exclusive Sirio Club, in the southern area of São Paulo, where the athlete had gone with friends to enjoy a presentation by a popular music group at a party.
According to witnesses who described the incident to the Military Police, “Leandro Ló Pereira do Nascimento and the military policeman Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo were involved. Police officer Henrique, after a brief discussion, approached 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 knocked him down immobilized, at that moment the victim’s companions separated them both and asked ‘to leave him alone'”.
“The author, after getting up, went around the table and, facing the victim, drew his weapon and fired a shot that hit the frontal region of the victim’s head (front, left side). The victim is very serious in the Municipal Hospital Dr. Arthur Ribeiro de Saboya”says the police action, which was recorded at 1:57 this Sunday.
His attacker, who fled after the crime, was declared a fugitive.
Leandro Pereira do Nascimento Lo, 33, was eight times world champion in jiu-jitsu in five different categories and won five World Cup titles in the sport, as well as eight Pan American titles in this sport.
The fighter, who won his first world title in 2012 in the lightweight category, was still active and in May of this year he won a new world title, but in the medium-heavyweight category.
“The first title was the feeling of becoming world champion and this last one was the feeling of still being world champion. The two best feelings of my life”Then the fighter assured in a publication on his social networks.
The Brazilian had planned to play a championship in the United States in the coming days.
With information from EFE
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