MMA star and one-time WWE wrestler Cain Velasquez has reportedly been involved in a shooting in California.
NBC Bay Area reported on a shooting that occurred near Sobrato High School in San Jose on Monday. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and another was arrested. NBC Bay Area first reported that Velasquez was involved.
Velasquez reportedly lives in the South Bay area. The shooting happened at 3:14 p.m. west coast time on Monday.
In an update to the story, TMZ reports that Velasquez is being held without bail and is facing charges for attempted murder. He is still in jail and has a court hearing on Wednesday at Noon.
Velasquez had a brief run with WWE back in 2019. He worked a WWE Championship match against Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia in October 2019, having been brought in as a big name when SmackDown debuted on FOX.
One month later, he worked his only other match under the WWE banner. Velasquez tagged with Humberto Carrillo against Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows at a house show in Mexico City.
Velasquez was scheduled to be involved in WWE’s Royal Rumble match in January 2020, but his participation in the match was scrapped due to an injury. He was later released from his WWE contract in April of 2020.
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