Rhode Island Hockey Game Shooter Killed Ex-wife, Son Before Self, Police Say - Beritaja

The shooter who killed his ex-wife and big boy astatine a younker lucky crippled successful Rhode Island Monday was subdued by bystanders, but drew a 2nd weapon and killed themself, constabulary said Tuesday.

Robert Dorgan, 56, who constabulary said besides went by the first sanction Roberta and by the past sanction Esposito, opened occurrence astatine the crystal rink successful Pawtucket arsenic the family’s different boy was playing successful a younker lucky game, Police Chief Tina Goncalves said.

“It was their elder night, and location was nary expectations aliases immoderate denotation that location was going to beryllium immoderate type of violence,” Goncalves said astatine a Tuesday news conference.

Dorgan’s ex-wife, Rhonda Dorgan, and big boy Aidan Dorgan were killed, Goncalves said.

Rhonda Dorgan died astatine the scene, and Aiden Dorgan died aft being rushed to a hospital, she said.

Three others — Rhonda Dorgan’s mother and begetter and a family friend — were changeable and wounded and were successful captious attraction Tuesday, Goncalves said.

The shooting happened about 2:30 p.m. Monday astatine the Dennis M. Lynch Arena successful Pawtucket, a municipality northbound of Providence, officials said.

Video showed a panic and players connected the benches ducking for screen aft shots rang out.

Others astatine the arena stepped successful aft the shooting, and astatine slightest 3 bystanders confronted the shooter, Goncalves said.

“At that time, the fishy did scope for a 2nd firearm, and he did inflict a self-inflicted gunshot wound, which is what he succumbed to connected scene,” she said.

The motive successful the shooting remained nether investigation Tuesday, Goncalves said.

The suspected shooter had previoulsy attented their son's lucky games, she said.

Police were conducting hunt warrants Tuesday and the section has respective videos from some the livestream of the arena and from parents who were astatine the arena and signaling their children, Goncalves said.

Goncalves asked that anyone pinch videos aliases different accusation interaction police.

"Our hearts spell retired to the families that were affected, evidently the children connected the crystal — this was expected to beryllium a joyous arena for them," she said.

Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien connected Tuesday thanked the bystanders who intervened, saying they “stepped successful without hesitation, placing themselves successful harm’s measurement to extremity that shooter.”

“Their courageousness undoubtedly prevented further nonaccomplishment and injury, and we convey them for that,” Grebien said.

The Dorgan family successful a connection Tuesday said "We are each profoundly and profoundly affected by the caller events that took spot astatine the Dennis M. Lynch Arena."

"We are reminded that down each header is simply a family experiencing profound symptom and loss," the family said. "We attraction greatly for each families impacted by this caller calamity and our thoughts are pinch them."

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