Man who was damped back when the death of the death of hockey player Adam Johnson

Sheffield, England (AP)-a man who was arrested more than a year ago on suspicion of homicide when the ice hockey player Adam Johnson died, was reproduced again on Friday.

Johnson played for the Nottingham Panthers and died shortly after his neck was cut during a game on October 28, 2023 in a collision with Sheffield Steeler's defender Matt Petgrave.

A man was arrested two weeks later, and although the police of South Yorkshire did not publicly identify him, Petgrave himself said in a crowdfunding procedure for legal costs that he was the subject of a police investigation.

He was damped several times until May 29th.

“The investigation remains because the officials work to understand the circumstances of the tragic death of Adam,” said the police in South Yorkshire in a statement on Friday. “Further updates or developments in this study before the expiry date of the new deposit will be issued proactively on our website. Our thoughts remain with Adam's family and friends. “

No criminal charges were submitted. There could be a variety of explanations why the investigation has extended in the past 15 months.

The 33-year-old Petgrave, who comes from Canada, described Johnson's death as a “tragic accident”.

The collision took place in the second period of a game in the Cup competition of the Elite Ice Hockey League.

Johnson, a native Minnesota who briefly played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, drove the puck in Sheffield's defense zone and turned to move inwards. Petgrave had another Panthers player in front of him and seems to have contacted. Then Petgrave's left skate raised when the defender began to fall and the blade Johnson hit the throat.