A sad day for Brazil! Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Leandro Lo shot by a police officer?

Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Leandro Lo was allegedly shot in the head during a concert in Sao Paulo. A police officer is suspected of committing the crime.

Shocking news of the shooting of the Jiu-Jitsu legend by a police officer has shocked Brazil

Brazil is in mourning. Legendary fighter Leandro Lo is dead. The only 33-year-old wrestler was shot dead by a police officer at a concert in Sao Paulo on Sunday morning. The news was confirmed by his lawyer , according to MMA Fighting.

The officer’s suspicions are stated in a police report that was released during Sunday afternoon. The police report states that witnesses testified that the cause of the murder was a trivial dispute over a bottle of alcohol.

The officer allegedly took the bottle from the fighter’s desk, prompting the jiu-jitsu fighter to take it down and hold it on the ground. After the two men were separated, the officer got to his feet, pulled out a handgun and shot the known fighter in the forehead. Lo was taken to a hospital in Sao Paulo, but died hours later from the gunshot wound.

Leandro Lo was a legend of the sport, and celebrities from the martial arts world reacted to his death

Leandro Lo was a black belt and one of the most successful jiu-jitsu fighters of all time. Since 2012, he had won eight world championships under the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Earlier this year, he won gold in the welterweight division in California.

The news of the Brazilian grappler’s death has sent shockwaves throughout the martial arts community. Let’s take a look at the reactions of the most famous ones:

“A very sad day for the BJJ community,” commented PFL analyst and former UFC fighter Kenny Florian. “Leandro was a legend, ” Florian added.

“RIP my brother Leandro Lo, ” wrote well-known stormtrooper and fighter Dillon Danis on social media.

“Wow, incredibly tragic news about Leandro Lo, ” wrote UFC referee Marc Goddard. “RIP to the jiu jitsu legend, shocking,” concluded the judge, who served as a cage judge in Jiri Prochazka’s title fight with Brazilian Glover Teixeira.

UFC fighter Gilbert Burns also shared the frightening news. The Brazilian MMA fighter, who unsuccessfully tried to take the title from Kamaru Usman last year, took on Leandro Lo in a BJJ match. The duel was won by the legendary Lo.

Source: MMA Fighting