3 killed, including suspect, in shooting at a Rhode Island hockey rink
The shooter, Robert Dorgan, killed two others at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena during a high school hockey game; authorities link the attack to a family dispute, officials said.
- Just before 3 p.m. Monday, a shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a high school hockey game killed three people and hospitalized three others, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said.
- Goncalves said the incident may have stemmed from a family dispute, investigators said the shooting appeared targeted, and details remain unreleased as work continues.
- Video reviewed by NewsCenter 5 shows hockey players rushing across the ice as bystanders, including Michael Black, tackled the shooter and dropped additional magazines, Bienick said.
- Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien said the scene was traumatic for families as players were bused to reunification sites and multiple hospitals treated victims, some critically, with local police and mutual aid partners providing a heavy police presence.
- Officials cautioned they will not release victim names until families are notified, police said interview teams must speak with everyone inside the arena, and investigators are probing a possible livestream with updates expected Monday evening or Tuesday.
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Trans dad Robert Dorgan shoots wife, 3 kids in horrid 'family dispute' at crowded Rhode Island hockey arena
Comment: If we don't reopen asylums for these mentally sick individuals, terrible incidents like this will keep occurring. This is the result of our leaders encouraging such behavior. They have blood on their hands. A twisted trans father shot his wife, three kids and a family friend in the stands at a high school hockey tournament in Rhode Island on Monday — sending the panicked crowd screaming and fleeing for the exits. Two people were killed …
The perpetrator of the shooting on Monday in a Rhode Island arena, who killed three people and injured three others, was identified.
Three people were killed and three others were injured in the shooting in Pawtucket. Robert "Roberta" Dorgan, 56, has been identified.
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