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Mass shooting at Rhode Island ice rink leaves one dead and multiple people injured
A mass shooting at an indoor ice rink in Rhode Island has left one dead and multiple others injured.
Chaos erupted at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket on Monday afternoon, as gunfire rang out during a high school hockey game.
One person died, and four others were rushed to the hospital, according to local reports. The suspected shooter has also reportedly died.
The Pawtucket mayor’s office said a young girl was killed in the shooting in a statement shared by local outlet WJAR. Local officials said authorities are not searching for any other suspects in the shooting.
The Providence Police Department announced on X that it was “monitoring the situation” and had officers at the rink “providing assistance.”
State police officers were seen outside the ice rink behind crime scene tape.
The shooting happened during a hockey game between two local co-op teams: Coventry-Johnston and St. Raphael-Providence Country Day-North Providence-North Smithfield.
It’s unclear what led to the shooting at this time.
A Walgreens employee told WPRI that panicked patrons came into the nearby pharmacy saying there was a shooting. The police were called.
Coventry and Johnston school districts said that all of their students are believed to be safe.
“We have been informed that students are secured in multiple locations. At this time, we are still working to confirm the status and location of all individuals,” Coventry’s superintendent, Don Cowart, said in a message shared by WJAR.
Johnston Public Schools said, per WJAR, “We have confirmed that our Johnston High School student-athlete who was participating in the game is safe. We are also aware of another Johnston student who was in attendance, and that student is safe as well.
“At this time, to the best of our knowledge, no Johnston High School students were harmed during this incident.”
This is a developing story…