Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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While friends who knew Robert Dorgan as 'Roberta' described a devoted parent, military, police and court records paint a more complicated picture.
The shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena appeared to be targeted, and a family dispute, Pawtucket police confirmed.
Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket is the focus of a large-scale shooting investigation with police from multiple jurisdictions, including state police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire and Explosives, on Monday afternoon, Feb. 16.
Mark Patinkin recounts the familiar, heartbreaking scene at a Pawtucket ice arena after a shooting and the impact on Rhode Island's hockey community.
Shortly after a deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, a woman said her father was the gunman.
I heard two large pops, which sounded like two large balloons,” he remembered. “So, when I looked over, it was right in front of me and couldn’t see anything. Then, right away, I heard a third pop, and I recognized it wasn’t a balloon.
Wallace-Hubbard, who is Robert Dorgan’s daughter from another relationship, said she was with the rest of the family in the stands when the shooting occurred, along with her two young sons. She described Rhonda as her stepmother and Aidan as her half-brother.
A shooter opened fire during a Pawtucket hockey senior night, killing two relatives and wounding others; authorities say the suspect died at the scene.