Janne Puhakka, 29, was found dead Saturday night inside his home in Espoo where he had been living with his 66-year-old partner, Rolf Nordmo, prior to the break-up, Finnish news outlet YLE

Janne Puhakka, a 29-year-old who made history as Finland’s first out gay professional ice hockey player, was shot to death in the home he had shared with his Norwegian veterinarian partner, 66-year-old Rolf Nordmo.

Finland's first openly gay ice hockey player found dead in suspected murder - Police have arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with Janne Puhakka’s death

Police on Monday reported that a roughly 30-year-old man was killed in a private residence in Espoo on Sunday. News outlets have identified the victim as Janne Puhakka, 29, the first openly gay player in the top-tier hockey league in Finland,

According to Finland media, Puhakka’s case is being treated as a murder with a 65-year-old suspect detained on the scene on suspicion of shooting the athlete to death. Ilta-Sanomat reported that Nordmo, 65, is the suspect, but police have not confirmed the suspect’s identity.

Puhakka, who spent two years with the QMJHL's Chicoutimi Sagueneens, was found shot to death in his home on Sunday night. He was 29.

Janne Puhakka, who recently starred on the Finnish version of Peacock’s “The Traitors,” was allegedly shot by his partner after breaking up with him.

Puhakka was the country's first openly gay professional hockey player and was a cast member of the Finnish reality adaptation of "The Traitors"

The former partner of gay ex-professional ice-hockey player Janne Puhakka has confessed to killing him, media in Finland has reported. Puhakka, who came out as gay in 2019, was the first Finnish ice-hockey player to speak about his sexuality and publicly discussed the homophobia which still exists in the sport.