What we know about the Rhode Island hockey game shooter

Police have identified the suspect accused of killing two people and critically injuring three others at an ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Police have identified the suspect accused of killing two people and critically injuring three others in a Feb. 16 shooting at an ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

At the time of the shooting, a boys hockey game was being played. A video acquired by the Providence Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, from a service that offers live-streaming of sports events shows what appears to be a burst of roughly 13 shots in 6 seconds, and then one final shot, 11 seconds later, coming from an area off camera. It takes several shots before spectators and student athletes alike react, ducking down and seeking shelter before fleeing toward the exits.

Police have not identified any of the victims, but said that the shooting was “targeted” and appeared to be a family dispute.

Who was the shooter?

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the shooting that broke out during a high school hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena was targeted and appeared to be a family dispute. Goncalves identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, 56, who also went by the name Roberta Esposito.

Goncalves repeatedly declined to give more information about the suspect, who died at the arena from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, or those targeted in the shooting, citing the privacy of the victims and the scope of the investigation.

Public records indicate that the shooter moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2020. Court records show that the shooter’s wife filed for divorce that same year, citing irreconcilable differences.

Under grounds for divorce, Rhonda Dorgan wrote “Gender reassignment surgery, Narcissistic + personality disorder traits” and then crossed that out and wrote “irreconcilable differences which caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage.”

The Dorgans were married in Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1992 and their divorce was finalized in 2021, according to court records.

Court records indicate that the shooter was living in Maine as of 2022.

This story has been updated to add new information.

Contributing: Eryn Dion, Mark Reynolds and Paul Edward Parker, Providence Journal