Ingrid Oliveira Bueno da Silva, a 19-year-old Call of Duty player also known as Sol, has reportedly been killed by another professional player.
Brazilian news channel R7 reports that 18-year-old Guilherme Alves Costa, also known as Lantern, stabbed Da Silva in the Pirituba district of São Paulo earlier this week.
He allegedly filmed the crime and turned himself in at the police station half an hour later, confessing to everyone.
According to reports, a video of his arrest includes someone asking why he committed this crime, to which he replies, “Because he wanted to.”
He later professes to be healthy, and had been planning Da Silva’s assassination for two weeks.
The couple met online through games, both members of the Call of Duty teams: da Silva belonging to FBI Sports (Fantastic Brazil Impact) and Costa to Gamers Elite.
Police have not ruled out a romantic relationship between the two.
In a statement to Screenrant, an FBI Sports spokesman said: “He was an extraordinary person, whom we will remember every day the sun rises, every day the sunlight touches our body, every time we look at the Sun, we will remember she “.
Costa’s team, Gamers Elite, posted a statement via Instagram to distance themselves from Costa and the incident.
The group said Costa sent a video of the murder to its members via WhatsApp, as well as a PDF with hate messages against Christians and mentions of terrorism.
The clan says its leadership informed authorities and asked members not to share the video.
The statement states that Gamers Elite’s relationship with Costa has only been one of virtual interaction, as members have never seen him in person and few have seen his face.
Women In Games Argentina issued a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, condemning “the insidious acts of violence against women that impact so much in Latin America.”
The group is campaigning to raise awareness of the call for justice and to prevent the story from being presented as a story about the violence of video games by non-gaming media.
“We do not want the media to point to the victim as guilty of something he deserves, or to use video game violence as a scapegoat,” the statement continued. “Let the blame fall where it belongs, in a patriarchal system that allows and pardons violence against women.
“Our heartfelt condolences and support to his family and friends.”
Costa has also reportedly created a 52-page book in which he writes about his “mission” to kill more people.
Police do not believe he has killed anyone else involved in the game, adding that he has no criminal record and is calm since his arrest.
Costa’s detention is temporary and he is expected to receive a psychiatric examination to assess the conditions under which he will be put on trial.