Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly shooting the step-dad of a suspected child molester.
Velasquez, 39, is accused of shooting at 43-year-old Harry Eugene Goularte, but the bullet instead hit his step-father, who was sitting alongside Goularte and one other in a car.
Multiple American sources, including Fox News, NBC and the New York Post, report that Goularte was himself arrested last week.
According to police documents, Goularte stands accused of a 'lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14'.Goularte's accuser is a relative of Velasquez.
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