(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Jad Hilmo, the 21-year-old champion of the 2014 Lebanese Drifting Champion, has reportedly taken his own life, according to his close friend on Thursday.
The friend says the coroner’s report alleged Himo shot himself with a single bullet to the chest.
They added that Himo’s friend, Johnny Nader, had handed himself in to police in Brummana following the 10 p.m. incident Wednesday evening.
According to Nader’s affidavit, Himo was in his company as they drove along the Metn highway.
Himo then asked him to pull over without warning, snatched his handgun and ran less than 100 meter away to kill himself.
Himo won the 2014 Lebanese Drifting Championship and the 2013 Red Bull Car Park Drift Champion.
The security forces are carrying out further investigations into the incident.