Reports: Finland’s first openly gay top-tier hockey player killed in Espoo

JANNE PUHAKKA, the first openly gay player in the top-tier ice hockey league in Finland, Liiga, was killed in Henttaa, Espoo, on Sunday, according to Ilta-Sanomat.

Western Uusimaa Police Department on Monday reported that it was notified of a violent crime in a private residence in the neighbourhood at about 8pm on Sunday. After arriving at the scene, the responding officers arrested a roughly 65-year-old man on suspicion of shooting a roughly 30-year-old man.