A heroic member of the preventing sport neighborhood is being praised for apprehending an agitated Apex Legends participant who pulled out a knife at a gaming lounge in New York Metropolis.
The incident came about on the night time of June 20, when Kofi ‘Koustics’ Miller was in the course of streaming League of Legends on Twitch at OS NYC, a gaming lounge and occasion house, when he stepped away from his setup about an hour into his broadcast.
Throughout that point, Koustics tried to de-escalate a harmful state of affairs involving an Apex Legends participant, who brandished a knife after peaceable moderation had failed.
Koustics defined that the participant had confronted an worker on the bar, drawing his consideration away from his stream.
“I stepped exterior, dude is brandishing a knife,” an animated Koustics described to his pals in a Discord name. “First we had been like, ‘Yo, you gotta go, you’re banned.’ We get him to stroll exterior. However he’s tweaking. He’s screaming. He tries to come back again in with the knife, so I bodyslam him and maintain him till the police come.”
Koustics claimed that the participant landed on their very own weapon in the course of the incident, bloodying up his clothes, which Koustics confirmed off throughout his Twitch stream.
“I put him in a full choke,” Koustics relayed. “…I’m mad as a result of this was my rank up sport, too. This dude price me 14 LP.”
Firsthand accounts of the incident had been subsequently posted on social media, with collegiate League of Legends participant ‘Shogo’ sharing footage from contained in the bar, displaying the flashing lights of police autos simply exterior the institution.
NYC is so loopy like wdym an apex legends participant received mad on the sport, began breaking stuff, received kicked out, pulled a knife on the employees and by accident stabbed himself as he received tackled onto the bottom??
This metropolis isn’t actual pic.twitter.com/mIshyPkPyv— Shogo (@shogolol) June 20, 2026
Koustics himself additionally posted photos instantly after police arrived on the scene, together with the bloody aftermath of the ordeal. “Don’t miss the stream,” he joked.
Koustics instructed us that the participant had gotten upset whereas enjoying Apex Legends, which in the end escalated into the harmful scene that performed out in entrance of the gaming lounge.
“For those who really feel like a sport is affecting you that a lot, you at all times have the selection to step away,” he suggested. “If the video games are going that badly, then possibly strive one thing much less anxious.”
Lmao do not miss the stream (Stopped a dude with a knife) pic.twitter.com/N6T4dUKrv6
— Koustics (@Koustics) June 19, 2026
Koustics is a well-liked determine throughout the preventing sport neighborhood, recognized for commentating Dragon Ball FighterZ tournaments. He’s additionally a Sumo Wrestler, who even appeared on a November 2025 episode of SNL for a comedy skit.
He credited his Sumo abilities for serving to him take down the upset participant, saying it helped him maintain his cool in the course of the anxious state of affairs.
“I stored my cool,” he stated. “Everybody received out secure and sound, and nobody received harm too badly. It ended up being a funnier story than it might have been.”
Koustics teaches full-time within the Bronx, the place he instructs his college students in robotics, coding, and even gaming. Beforehand, Koustics told news outlets that he “looks like a superhero” for his secondary and tertiary careers as a gamer and Sumo wrestler — and he’s definitely dwelling as much as that standing along with his newest heroic exploit.
Picture credit score: YouTube / Bandai Namco Entertainment America.
Virginia (she/her) is IGN’s Information Editor. With 10 years of expertise reporting on video games and leisure, she’s received a storied background within the preventing sport neighborhood, influencer information, and viral on-line developments. Discover her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze.