Heikki was shocked when he heard that the crime happened very close to his home. Many children live in the area.
The rain is pattering. The week changes in a somber atmosphere in the single-family house area located in Henttaa, Espoo.
Residents of the area describe the area as peaceful, like a bird’s nest. Working people, families with children and pensioners live in the houses located there. The police are rarely seen.
– I have lived here for almost 40 years. Nothing like this has ever happened, says the jogging woman with tears in her eyes.
On Sunday evening, that peace was broken. The police suspect a Norwegian Rolf Nordmoa66, for the murder of his spouse, ex-ice hockey player Janne Puhaka, 29. The crime took place in the couple’s shared apartment, where Nordmo is suspected of having shot Puhaka dead.
– A nasty case, comments a resident who lives a few hundred meters away from the crime scene Heikki Kakkonen74, for Iltalehti.
In rainy weather, only dog walkers and outdoor enthusiasts will be able to move on Monday. Some turn on their heels after seeing the cheering reporters there.
The place where Puhakka, who was killed on Sunday, lived, is located on Tikapuuntie right near Espoo’s central park. Police tapes are now circling half of the neat, new-looking semi-detached house.
The incident seems to have come as a complete surprise to the neighbors. The majority do not want to comment in any way.
On Sunday evening, however, the neighborhood Whatsapp message group was activated from 8:47 p.m. The group wondered why there are so many policemen in the area. One of the participants ordered to lock the doors in order to guarantee peace of mind for the police.
The woman jogging says that they were watching TV at the time of the accident. There was no gunshot. He lives about a hundred meters away.
– But when a drone started circling above the roofs, we wondered what had happened.
They talked about dogs
Heikki Kakkonen, who lives a few hundred meters away, recognized the apartment where the crime took place from newspaper pictures. Henri Kärkkäinen
– This is very unfortunate. The area is old and very peaceful. Everyone knows each other, says a man living near Puhakka to Iltalehte. He does not want his name published.
The man was watching football when the police arrived. He knew Puhaka and the man who lived with him by their appearance. According to the man, the couple had lived in one half of the semi-detached house for a few years. Based on social media updates, the couple moved to a quiet residential area two years ago.
The man had sometimes exchanged a few words with Puhaka.
– They had a dog. Bird dog. We were probably talking about dogs, he recalls.
The woman outside is accompanied by another lady from the neighborhood. He says that families with children live near the house.
– Fortunately, they weren’t there.
“You don’t expect something like this”
On Monday, police tapes surrounded the door of the apartment. Henri Kärkkäinen
Heikki Kakkonen, who went for a walk in the central park, says that his wife saw the police driving by on Sunday evening. Only in the morning did he read in the newspapers what had happened in the nearby area.
– I recognized the place from the picture, he says sadly.
According to Kakkonen, there are many new buildings in the area where Puhakka lived. It is peaceful and there are good opportunities for outdoor activities.
– You don’t expect something like this. Every day we read about shootings and crimes in Helsingin Sanomat or Iltalehti, but when one happens nearby, it feels very strange, comments Heikki, who has lived in the area for 27 years.
More than 10 years of living together
The crime scene is located near Espoo’s central park. Henri Kärkkäinen
According to the police, the neighbors reported the act of violence to the emergency center around eight in the evening on Sunday. The police arrested Nordmo at the scene. According to the police, the arrest went as planned, and Nordmo came out of the apartment himself.
According to the police, the men were alone in the apartment at the time of the incidents. According to the current suspicion, a dispute had arisen between them, as a result of which the 66-year-old grabbed a gun.
The couple had been dating for more than 10 years. They met in Helsinki in 2014, when Puhakka, who played in the Canadian junior league, was spending the summer between seasons in Finland.
They lived in a long-distance relationship for five years and moved to a shared apartment in Helsinki in the fall of 2019.
