Pro Surfer Shot by Cop

Shaun Keating News Feather Story 2015

Brazilian Ricardo dos Santos shot by off-duty officer

Ricardo dos Santos, a Brazilian professional surfer, was shot 3 times in the chest by an off-duty cop.

  1. On Monday, 1/19, pro surfer Ricardo dos Santos was shot.
  2. Reports say he confronted people using drugs on his street.
  3. An off-duty officer then shot dos Santos 3 times in the chest.
  4. Doctors conducted 4 surgeries to revive the 24-year-old.
  5. Luis Paulo Mota Brentano, the officer, has been arrested.
  6. He says he shot dos Santos in self-defense.
  7. dos Santos was on the cover of Surfer Magazine in Nov. ‘14.
  8. He was an award-winning surfer.

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