On Monday, a judge in California sentenced former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez to a five-year prison term for attempting to shoot a man accused of molesting his 4-year-old son in 2022.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times, the 42-year-old Velasquez pursued a pickup truck carrying Harry Goularte and two others for 11 miles before firing shots at an intersection in Morgan Hill. Prosecutors in Santa Clara County detailed that Velasquez crashed into the pickup as they attempted to escape and continued shooting, hitting the driver in both the torso and arm, and cutting a major artery.

The incident reportedly occurred close to a charter school as students were being dismissed for the day. It was noted that Goularte’s mother and stepfather were passengers in the truck during the shooting.

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Goluarte, who was uninjured in the 2022 shooting, was criminally charged with molesting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son. The boy said the repeated assaults occurred at Goularte’s mother’s home daycare in San Martin, where Goularte also resides. Velasquez’s son reportedly accused Goluarte of molesting him “100 times” — adding that he witnessed Goluarte take other children into the bathroom.

On Monday, Velasquez pleaded no contest to attempted murder, assault, and various weapons charges. TMZ reported that prosecutors sought 30 years to life, while the defense requested probation and time served.

Prosecutors said investigators found searches for “sexual assault case where victims family fights back” and “sexual assault cases where victims family retaliates” in Velasquez’s phone.

Velasquez has already served more than three years in jail for the 2022 shooting, meaning he will spend less than two more years incarcerated.

Goularte’s trial is scheduled to begin in June. Despite prosecutors’ objections, the Los Angeles Times reported that he remains free under GPS monitoring as he awaits trial.

[Feature Photo: San Jose Police Department]