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    "parsed_content": "AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENT2 Killed in Shooting at High School Hockey Game in Rhode IslandThe shooter was also dead, apparently by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the authorities said. The shooting, which the police described as a \u201ctargeted event,\u201d happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.Listen to this article \u00b7 4:24 min Learn moreShare full articleVideoAt Least 2 Killed During High School Hockey Game in Rhode IslandThe shooting occurred at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, R.I., on Monday. The shooter is dead, the authorities said.CreditCredit...Cj Gunther\/ReutersBy Neil Vigdor and Thomas Gibbons-NeffThomas Gibbons-Neff reported from Pawtucket, R.I.Published Feb. 16, 2026Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 8:36 a.m. ETGunfire erupted at an ice-skating rink in Pawtucket, R.I., on Monday during a high school hockey game, leaving three people dead, including the shooter, the authorities said.The shooting, which happened around 2:30 p.m. at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, left three other people in critical condition.A motive for the shooting was not known, though it appeared to arise from a family dispute, Chief Tina Goncalves of the Pawtucket Police Department said at a news conference, calling it a \u201ctargeted event.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAt a later news conference on Monday night, Chief Goncalves said that the shooter\u2019s birth name was Robert Dorgan, born in 1969. She added that the person also went by the name Roberta Esposito, but did not provide further explanation.\n \n \nLeanne Abraham\/The New York TimesThe two teams set to compete on Monday, Blackstone Valley Schools and Coventry Public Schools, were made up of players from multiple area schools.Donald R. Grebien, the Pawtucket mayor, said the chaotic scene inside the rink was a frightening ordeal.\u201cOf course, when you get the call, you think it\u2019s the worst thing,\u201d Mr. Grebien said during the news conference. \u201cThese are high school kids. They were playing with their families watching, a fun time, and it turned into this. So it\u2019s got to be traumatic.\u201dChief Goncalves said that the teams were celebrating senior night when the shooting began. Law enforcement officials said that they would work with the schools to offer counseling services for the students who escaped the shooting, she said.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cObviously, you know, it\u2019s going to all settle in probably later tonight or tomorrow for them,\u201d Chief Goncalves said.As one of the teams was trying to break out of its defensive zone with the puck, a burst of gunfire echoed inside the arena, a video stream of the game showed.Players on the benches began ducking for cover behind the boards. On the ice, the referee blew his whistle to stop the game and skated off the ice.Within seconds, the benches emptied, with the teams hopping over the boards and skating toward exits on the other side of the rink.Both the F.B.I. and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on social media that it was sending agents to the scene of the shooting. The police in Providence said they sent officers to the scene to provide help.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe neighborhood around the ice rink is blue collar Rhode Island, a neighborhood of squat residential homes built in the shadow of the Industrial Revolution.A mural on the side of the arena where the shooting happened celebrates the growth of the American textile industry, which started in earnest in Pawtucket.\u201cAt the dawn of a new century the most amazing improvements had still yet to be realized,\u201d a quote above the rink\u2019s high school hockey player entrance reads.By sunset on Monday, police officers still ambled up and down the streets around the rink and helicopters circled overhead.Don Cowart, the superintendent of the Coventry Public School District, said in a statement on Monday that all of the students on its hockey team who were at the rink during the shooting were safe and had been accounted for.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cAn officer from the Coventry Police Department is on scene and remains with the students,\u201d Mr. Cowart said. \u201cWe are grateful for the swift response of first responders and arena personnel.\u201dDan Geraghty, the principal of North Smithfield High School, said of the shooting in a statement: \u201cThis is heartbreaking to hear about, and I know many in our community are feeling shaken by it. We have been in communication with the athletic director and coaching staff who were at the game. At this time, all of our students are accounted for and safe \u2014 including both players and fans who attended.\u201dThe shooting comes about two months since Rhode Island was rattled by a separate attack at Brown University that killed two students, wounded nine others, and set off a dayslong manhunt.Investigators said the gunman also killed an M.I.T. professor before fatally shooting himself inside a storage facility in Salem, N.H.\u201cOur state is grieving again,\u201d Gov. Dan McKee of Rhode Island said in a statement. \u201cAs governor, a parent, and a former coach, my heart breaks for the victims, families, students, and everyone impacted by the devastating shooting at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.\u201dClaire Fahy, Livia Albeck-Ripka and Aimee Ortiz contributed reporting.Neil Vigdor covers breaking news for The Times, with a focus on politics.Thomas Gibbons-Neff is a national correspondent for The Times, covering gun culture and policy.A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 17, 2026, Section A, Page 14 of the New York edition with the headline: 2 Killed in Shooting at Rhode Island Rink. Order Reprints | Today\u2019s Paper | SubscribeShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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