Everton Fagundes, former player of the Brazilian volleyball team in lower categories, He was shot dead on Thursday night inside a vehicle, in Cuiabá, Capital of the state of Mato Grosso, police reported on Friday.
Fagundes, 46 and better known as 'Boi', was found dead in the driver's seat of a truck, with gunshot wounds, according to the Civil Police of Mato Grosso in a note.
The Brazilian authorities approached the scene to attend, in principle, a traffic accident between two cars, but immediately realized that in one of them, Model Amarok, lay the lifeless body of Fagundes.
Preliminary research indicated that the author of the shots was in that yellow truck Together with the victim and that, after the crime, “fled the place in another vehicle.”
The commissioner in charge of the case, Rogério Gomes, told local media that the main hypothesis is that The aggressor is a former boyfriend of the current Fogonds couple.
'Boi', with its almost two meters high, had a brilliant history as youth and came to play with the Brazilian volleyball team in lower categories. According to the GE Sports Portal, he stood out in several Brazilian clubs, such as Fiat/Minas, Suzano, São Caetano and Vôlei Futuro, and also passed through teams from Spain, Argentina and Japan.
The Federation of Mato Grosso de Volleyball lamented in a note the death of Fagundes, U19 world champion, and transmitted its condolences to family and friends.
