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CAIN VELASQUEZ TO BE ARRAIGNED TODAY, FURTHER DETAILS ON WHAT LED TO ARREST

Former WWE performer and former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez is slated to be arraigned on charges of attempted murder today in San Jose, CA as details begin to emerge as to what led to the shooting incident this past Monday afternoon.

California's The Mercury News reported last night that Velasquez was arrested after opening fire at a car carrying 43-year old Harry Eugene Goularte and his stepfather with the stepfather being struck by a bullet and hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries.  Goularte had been charged with molesting an underage relative of Velasquez at a home daycare center run by his mother in San Martin, California.  Goularte, who lives at the home, had been given a supervised release last week after being arraigned on one felony count of a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14.   

A former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Velasquez retired from Mixed Martial Arts in 2019 and transitioned into professional wrestling. After working a few Lucha Libre AAA shows, he signed with WWE in 2019 and worked one match against Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel 2019, where he lost.   After being released from WWE in 2020, Velasquez returned to pro wrestling in 2021, working a match at Lucha Libre AAA’s Triplemania Regia event this past December.

Velasquez declined to speak to The Mercury News.

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