Police have identified their suspect after the shooting at a high school ice hockey match
The first images have surfaced of a suspect who police believe opened fire at a high school ice hockey match – resulting in two fatalities and leaving three others critically wounded.
Authorities have named the shooter as Robert Dorgan, 56. Dorgan initiated the shooting at the game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the United States on the afternoon of Monday, February 16.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves revealed that Dorgan, 56, also goes by the name Roberta Esposito, reports the Mirror..
The venue was hosting games for several local schools at the time of the incident. A live broadcast of the match captured the moment spectators and players hit the deck and sought shelter as gunfire echoed through the arena.
“We have identified the person, the suspect, by a birth name, the birth name was Robert Dorgan,” Goncalves stated.
“We have also learned that the person does go by the name of Roberta, also uses a last name of Esposito.”
In videos circulated online, players can be seen scrambling out of the box and discarding their skates whilst others leap over the rink’s barrier and dash to the changing room.
A young girl is among the victims and detectives previously indicated it was a targeted shooting “that may be a family dispute.”
It has been suggested that Dorgan’s wife and three children were shot. It is understood that Dorgan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dorgan was reportedly the father of a North Providence High School senior.