Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez has been transferred to a new facility to serve out the rest of his term for shooting at a man accused of molesting his family member.
Velasquez, who was being held at Wasco State Prison in Kern County, has been sent to Soledad State Prison.
Velasquez, 42, is serving a five-year sentence after pleading no contest in March to attempted murder and other charges. In February 2022, he chased and fired a gun at a pickup carrying three people as they drove along Monterey Road in Santa Clara County.
A man in the truck was wounded but survived.
The man Velasquez was targeting that day, Harry Goularte, has been accused of molesting a family member of the fighter. Goularte is awaiting trial in that case, according to a report from KSBW.
With credit for time served, Velasquez, a native of Salinas, will be eligible for parole next year.
Source: NBC Bay Area
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