Top Brazilian surfer Ricardo dos Santos died after being shot by an off-duty police officer outside his home in Embau Guard Beach in Palhoca, a municipality in Santa Catarina, on Monday.

Brazilian media, including RIC Mais, reported that dos Santos was repairing a pipe at his home with his uncle and grandfather on Monday morning when off-duty police officer Luiz Paulo Mota Brentano and his brother parked their car on his property and began using drugs.

Dos Santos asked them to leave, but Brentano reacted aggressively and shot him three times between the chest and abdomen. Dos Santos died on Tuesday at a hospital, G1 reported.

Brentano claims he shot dos Santos in self-defence after dos Santos attacked him with a machete. However, police did not retrieve a machete from the scene, G1 reported.

----------------------------------------­---------------------

Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off.

For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS

Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-WqkTyKK1_70U4bb4k4lQ?sub_confirmation=1

Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net
Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj
Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f

Stay connected with us here:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS
Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS
Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/
Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus