Double homicide-suicide at a livestreamed youth game showed players starting to duck down on the sidelines after a dozen shots rang out at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Trans woman, Roberta Esposito, formerly Robert Dorgan, 56, shot into the section where his estranged family was sitting among spectators during a high school hockey game on Monday Feb. 16

He shot four family members in a ‘targeted’ attack after a ‘family dispute’, before turning the gun on himself, police said

Rhonda Dorgan, 52, was killed by her ex-husband alongside one of their sons, a 23-yearold engineer

Two other family members and a family friend were hospitalized in critical condition 

Dorgan reportedly underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020, but according to court filings his trans identity was a source of multiple family court battles leading up to an acrimonious divorce

The new gender identification reportedly, led to mental heath issues and according to his adult daughter, Dorgan had ‘mental health issues’ and was ‘very sick’

Rhonda Dorgan filed for divorce in 2020, citing Robert’s ‘gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits’

Their divorce between the couple who shared three children was finalized in 2021

Rhonda Dorgan, [right], was shot dead by her ex-husband Robert Dorgan at their son’s hockey game at the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, a few miles outside Providence, on Monday afternoon. One of the boys was also killed by his dad in the double homicide-suicide

A Rhode Island mother was gunned down alongside her son in public on Monday afternoon, by her transgender ex-husband who opened fire at a high school hockey game before committing suicide.
Rhonda Dorgan, 52, was shot dead by her ex-husband Robert Dorgan, now living as a transgender woman who goes by the name Roberta Esposito, 56, at their son’s hockey game at the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, a few miles outside Providence, on Monday afternoon.
Rhonda died at the indoor skating rink while her son Aidan Dorgan was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Two other family members and a family friend were injured in the shooting.
Dorgan, 56, concluded the shooting rampage by killing himself.
Aidan Dorgan, a 23-year-old engineer, was killed alongside his mother Rhonda, were killed by Robert Dorgan, before he killed himself.
Robert also shot his former parents-in-law in the attack. Both remain in critical condition, fighting for their lives.
Rhonda’s youngest son Colin Dorgan, 17, captain of the Blackstone Valley Schools’ hockey team, was in the rink when the shooting began. The former couple also have a third child, Ava Dorgan, a 20-year-old nursing student.

Robert Dorgan, now living as Roberta Esposito, [photo], shot four family members – killing his ex-wife and one of their sons before shooting himself – in front of a horrified high school crowd during a hockey game on Monday in Pawtucket, Rhode Island

A gofundme page has been set up for the family which has more than $70K of the $110K goal. Donations will be used to support Ava and Colin, now orphans, with basic living expenses as they continue their education.
Dorgan reportedly underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020. According to court filings his trans identity was a source of multiple family court battles leading up to the shooting, which cops said was targeted and the result of a domestic dispute.
His daughter said that after he had ‘mental health issues’ and was ‘very sick’.
A motive for the shooting remained unclear Tuesday morning, but Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves believes it was targeted and stemmed from a family dispute.

Rhonda Dorgan, [photo], served Robert Dorgan with divorce papers in 2020. Their divorce was finalized in 2021

Aidan Dorgan, 23, was also killed in his father’s shooting rampage at the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, a few miles outside Providence, on Monday afternoon

Rhonda served Robert Dorgan with divorce papers in 2020, according to their case file in Providence/Bristol County Family Court.
She initially cited Robert’s ‘gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits’ as grounds for divorce, according to court filings obtained by WPRI.
Those reasons were later crossed out and replaced with ‘irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage’. Their divorce was finalized in 2021.

Rhonda Dorgan initially cited Robert’s ‘gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits’ as grounds for divorce.

Shocking viral video showed high school hockey players were forced to flee for their lives after a gunman opened fire at an ice rink in Rhode Island on Monday, killing two people before taking his own life.
A livestream of the game circulating on social media showed players starting to duck down on the sidelines after about six shots rang out at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, about 10 minutes outside of Providence.
Other players who were on the ice scrambled to reach the sidelines and get to safety. 
After a total of about a dozen shots were fired, some hockey players were also seen jumping onto the ice and racing to the back of the rink, while spectators could be heard screaming and crying.
In the end two spectators and the shooter were killed in the tragedy, in what authorities are now saying stemmed from a ‘family dispute.’

Robert Dorgan, seen [center], with his sons turned the gun on himself after murdering and injuring family members in a ‘targeted’ attack after a ‘family dispute’. His adult daughter says her father had ‘mental health issues’ and was ‘very sick’

After about a dozen shots were fired, the hockey players were seen racing to the back of the Dennis M Lynch Arena. Three people including the gunman died. Three others were also rushed to the hospital in critical condition. 

Hockey players were seen ducking down on the sidelines after an the gunman opened fire at a high school game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Monday

Going by the documents, Dorgan sparred with multiple family members over his gender identity issues.
In one report in early 2020, Dorgan told police that he had recently undergone gender reassignment surgery, but his father-in-law wanted him kicked out of their home based on his new gender identification.
In the report Dorgan filed with the North Providence Police Department, his father-in-law threatened to ‘have him murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not move out of the residence’, according to the filings. 
Dorgan, who at the time told police he had been living at the home for seven years, also claimed his father-in-law told him: ‘There’s no goddam [sic] way a tranny is going to stay in my house.’
Following the allegations, Dorgan’s father-in-law was charged with intimidation of witnesses and victims of crimes, and obstruction of the judicial system. However, prosecutors withdrew all charges.
Other court records show Dorgan had also accused his mother of assaulting him and acting in a, ‘violent, threatening or tumultuous manner’, leading his mother to be charged with simple assault and battery and disorderly conduct.

Rhonda Dorgan, [second left], died at the indoor skating rink on Monday afternoon. One of her sons later died in hospital in what police believe was targeted attack, which stemmed from a family dispute

The case apparently caused further contention between Dorgan and his father-in-law, with Dorgan telling police his father-in-law, ‘told me that if I did not drop the assault charges against my mother, that further retaliation could be expected, and that was another reason to have me killed’. 
The case against Dorgan’s mother was also eventually dismissed. 
The divorce was finalized in June 2021, court records show.
Paperwork from the divorce showed Dorgan lived at the time in Jacksonville, Florida, and was working as a truck driver.
Footage recorded at the Dennis M Lynch Arena on Monday, appeared to show Dorgan, wearing a white beanie, walking down the stands and opening fire into the crowd.

First responders outside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, an indoor ice skating rink, after a shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Monday, February 16

The sound of gunshots caused pandemonium as people in the stands fled the the gunman’s rampage.  Meanwhile in the rink, players scrambled to reach the sidelines and safety. About a dozen shots were fired as spectators could be heard screaming and crying.
The players on the ice were not harmed during Monday’s rampage as the shooting occurred in the stands near spectators. Police said that the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The hockey game was between a co-op team made up of Coventry and Johnston kids, playing against another co-op team from St. Raphael, PCD, North Providence, and North Smithfield schools.

Dorgan reportedly, sparred with multiple family members over his gender identity issues. Early 2020, he told police that after his recent gender reassignment surgery, his father-in-law wanted him out of their home, and threatened to have him killed if he didn’t move out

North Providence Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Goho confirmed that no student athletes was injured.
‘The North Providence High School co-op hockey team which also includes North Smithfield, St. Raphael Academy, and Providence Country Day School were playing in a hockey game when the shooting involving spectators occurred around the start the first period,’ he said in a statement. 
‘Fortunately, all students involved in the game are safe,’ the statement continued.

A parent comforts his traumatized son outside of the Lynch Arena following the deadly shooting at the high school hockey game. The shooting happened in the spectators stand where the gunman’s estranged family was sitting

Parents and teenagers were seen walking to an evacuation bus following the shooting in Pawtucket on Monday afternoon

Police and ATF agents taped off and began investigation at the crime scene in Pawtucket, on Monday afternoon

‘Our thoughts and prayers go out to those involved in this tragic incident,’ Goho said.
The images recorded at the scene on Monday showed parents holding on tightly to their traumatized children, some still wearing their hockey uniforms, as first responders secured the arena and provided assistance.