Police in Sheffield, England, say they’ve made an arrest within the dying of hockey participant Adam Johnson.
South Yorkshire Police mentioned in an announcement Tuesday a man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and is in police custody.
The discharge didn’t title the suspect.
The participant who lower Johnson’s neck was Matt Petgrave, 31, who performs for Sheffield.
“Our investigation launched instantly following this tragedy and we’ve got been finishing up in depth inquiries ever since to piece collectively the occasions which led to the lack of Adam in these unprecedented circumstances,” Detective Chief Superintendent Becs Horsfall mentioned.
Johnson, a ahead for the Nottingham Panthers of the Elite Ice Hockey League, had his neck lower by a skate blade throughout an Oct. 28 sport towards the Sheffield Steelers.
He was later pronounced lifeless in hospital. A autopsy confirmed he died because of a deadly neck harm.
The 29-year-old Johnson, a local of Grand Rapids, Minn., appeared in 13 NHL video games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020.
The English Ice Hockey Affiliation, which governs the game beneath the Elite League, reacted to Johnson’s dying by requiring all gamers in England to put on neck guards from the beginning of 2024.
Messages despatched to Johnson’s agent and a good friend of the household in search of remark weren’t instantly returned.