Overview
- Three people were killed, including the shooter, and three others remain in critical condition after gunfire erupted during a high-school hockey event at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.
- Police identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, who also used the name Roberta Esposito, after a woman identifying herself as his daughter told reporters her father shot family members.
- Authorities say the incident appears to have been a targeted, family-related attack; detectives are reviewing game video and have interviewed roughly 100 witnesses.
- Pawtucket’s police chief credited an unidentified good Samaritan with helping bring the attack to a quick end, as Rhode Island State Police and the ATF assisted the response and investigation.
- School officials reported all students were located and reunited with families, and local reports citing the mayor’s office indicated a young girl was among those killed.