Strikeforce heavyweight Lavar Johnson continues to recover from a serious abdomen wound suffered in a 4th of July shooting incident in Bakersfield, California, and is expected to soon be released from the hospital.
Fanhouse was told on Tuesday that Johnson would “soon” be released, but that the life-threatening injuries won’t end his MMA career.
A 15-year-old girl was recently arrested in connection with the crime, which left one dead and three others injured, and has been charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy, and participating in a gang. It is believed that at least one additional suspect is being sought by police for the shooting.
Johnson was last in action in May, scoring an 18-second knockout of Carl Seumanutafa at the debut Strikeforce Challengers event to extend his current winning streak to five-straight.
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Good that they arrested someone, and good that he’ll hopefully be able to continue his career. Such a sad thing for young people to get wrapped up in this garbage.
so sad
hope he can still fight
15 years old.
Jesus Christ almighty…
This sucks for a awesome up and comer to get shot for one, and by a 15yr old chick seriously omg… I hope a huge quick recovery for Lavar, this is simply disturbing news…
Kinda strange she shot him when she could have just taken him down and subbed him
That’s not very nice.
Kinda funny, but not very nice.
That stupid girl is a waste of life, put her in jail forever