Gay Pro Hockey Player Shot Dead By Older Boyfriend
Horrifying news, via Outsports:
Janne Puhakka, one of the very few male professional hockey players to come out publicly as gay, was found dead at his home in Finland on Sunday. […] Puhakka played professionally for teams in his homeland, Canada and France before retiring in 2018. The following year, he came out publicly as gay in an interview with Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and received an outpouring of public support. According to local police, he was fatally shot in the semi-detached house in which he lived with his partner Rolf Nordmo.
Per the US Weekly video below, the boyfriend has now confessed to the murder:
And, well, this is awkward to watch, but here’s one of those viral videos that couples were making a few years ago, with Puhakka and Nordmo answering questions about each other back in 2022:
