Police have identified the suspect in a shooting at a high school ice hockey game in Rhode Island that killed two people and injured three others.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said Robert Dorgan, who also used the name Roberta and the surname Esposito, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the Dennis M Lynch Arena on Sunday.
"It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute," Goncalves said. She did not provide details about the identity of the victims.
Video of the incident showed shots were fired while players were on the rink, sparking panic as the teams scrambled to leave the arena.
Goncalves said a bystander "stepped in and interjected" and "that's probably what led to a swift end of this tragic event".
After the incident, hockey players and their families described their fear after gunfire broke out.
Melissa Dunn, whose son played for one of the hockey teams, said she saw paramedics performing CPR in the stands of the arena after she ran back inside to find her son.
"You don't know what's going on at first," Dunn said. "You just hear the loud noises. And we're used to the kids banging on the board with their skates, so we thought it was that at first."
She said she screamed for her son to duck and avoid gunfire.
"We ran out of the rink… your first thought is 'where's my kid?'" she said. "I tried to get back in the rink, and I actually got back in there to find out where he was, and I saw them doing CPR in the stands and it was just really disturbing."
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