Brazil’s Tatame is reporting that BJJ instructor Bruno Inacio Nunes, a 37 year old father of three, was killed while trying to resist and armed robbery on a bus in Rio de Janeiro. Nunes had been robbed twice before.

Via Google translate:

Violence in Rio de Janeiro claimed another victim on Saturday (20 June 2015). Ipanema Fight academy Jiu-Jitsu Bruno Inacio Nunes,was killed in an attempted robbery on a bus on the Sergeant Roncalli x Center route. The black belt was headed to Fair Saint Kitts, where he was a security guard, when an assailant approached him. Bruno responded and was shot in the head, and died.

“The bus was not very full. A single gunman took the belongings of the victims,” reported the victim’s brother, Leonardo Inacio Nunes, 35. “When approached, Bruno thought he could break away by applying a rear naked choke. He tried to disarm the thief saw the opportunity, but was shot in the head, at the time of his left eyebrow.”

In an interview with TATAME, a teammate at Ipanema Fight Academy, Mark Nigri Dana, talked about what happened.

“We were surprised. People won’t stop sending texts,” he lamented. “They are all shocked and unsteady with such violence. He had very young students and old one. He united the group: led the members to championships, always brought something new to the practice … We will do a tribute to him on Wednesday (24 June). We have students of all religions, so we want to make a very inclusive thing for everyone to participate. He was a master, a teacher and an extraordinary person.”

Read entire article… (original Portuguese)