Trigger warning: murder, female violence
A Call of Duty: A mobile sports player named Ingrid “Sol” Oliveira Bueno da Silva was hired by a male player named Guilherme Alves “Flashlight” Costa in São Paulo, Brazil, according to sports consultant Rod “Slasher” Breslau. killed.
Like Breslau posted on Twitter, the two players met via the internet. An investigation into the attack found that the murder had been meditated ‘weeks in advance’ in advance, and the flashlight would apparently have recorded it and shared it with friends. Messages from Flashlight indicated he was planning additional attacks, but he has since been arrested and recognized, according to EPSN.
According to a Brazilian professor, Flashlight sent them an email titled “A Commendable Act.” In the alleged email, Flashlight promised that more attacks would take place. The email contains links to several videos, and the recordings of the attack apparently spread online.
Sol was a victim of murder. A 2018 Guardian report noted that four Brazilian women were killed every day in 2019. Women make up just over half (50.85%) of Brazil’s population. According to IPEA’s Atlas of Violence 2020, approximately 4,519 women were killed in Brazil in 2018.
Sol was 19 years old and a member of the FBI sports organization, which participated in Call of Duty: Mobile. A spokesperson shared a statement with VPEsports about Sol as a person.
“She was an extraordinary person who will remember us every day when the sun rises, every day when the sunlight touches our body, every time we look at the sun, we will remember her.”