Mother and Child ‘Shot by Trans Father’ at Ice Hockey Match
17th February 2026
A gunman who identified as a woman killed two people and injured three others at a high school hockey match in Rhode Island on Monday.
The 56-year-old, thought to have been the father of one of the hockey players, shot a woman and her child in the stands at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena before turning the gun on himself.
Tina Goncalves, the Pawtucket police chief, told a press conference on Monday night that the gunman used the name Roberta Esposito.
“We have identified the person, the suspect, by a birth name. The birth name was Robert Dorgan,” said Ms Goncalves. “We have also learned that the person does go by the name of Roberta and also uses the last name of Esposito.”
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