Hector Camacho dies following gun attack

Camacho dies following gun attack

Former world champion Hector Camacho has died after being taken off life support at a hospital in Puerto Rico.

Doctors announced on Tuesday night that the 50-year-old was 'clinically braindead' following a gun attack in Bayamon.

Camacho was shot in the face while he was sitting in his car. Another person, in the passenger seat, died instantly.

His mother has said that her son's life support machine was shut down against the family's wishes.

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