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