Three people, including a suspected gunman, are dead and three were injured in a shooting at a skating rink in Rhode Island on Monday afternoon, police said.The shooting happened during a scheduled co-op hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, two miles from the Rhode Island-Massachusetts border, just before 3 p.m. Monday.According to Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, the shooting may have been domestic in nature, as the gunman appeared to have been going after members of his family.The shooter appeared to have fatally shot himself after the incident, Goncalves said. Three victims were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where they are in critical condition. One of the deceased victims died at the hospital, a spokesperson confirmed. Later Monday evening, investigators were seen towing a white van from the parking lot outside the arena.A woman who was leaving the Pawtucket Police Department after the shooting told sister station WCVB that her father was the shooter.”My father was the shooter,” she said. “He shot my family, and he’s dead now. He has mental health issues.”As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next. Two teams made up of students from multiple schools were playing in hockey games at the arena when the shooting took place. One of the schools was celebrating Senior Night, which honors senior student-athletes and their families during what is usually the final game of the season.All of the schools involved in the game confirmed that their students and players were not injured in the shooting.One woman and her son said they were in the stands when they heard the gunshots.”After four shots, we saw everybody hitting the ground,” she said. “The first thing I thought was where’s my kid? I turned around, I looked toward the stands and he was there and I was just screaming at him to get down. I went back in to see where he was and I saw them doing CPR in the stands. It was really disturbing.”Students in many school districts in the area are currently on February break.A 16-year-old goalie for one of the teams said he was on the ice when shots rang out.”I’m overwhelmed, but trying to stay calm,” he said. “You don’t know what it feels like until you’re in it.”A bus filled with hockey players, parents and family members who were inside the arena at the time of the shooting was taken to the Pawtucket Police Headquarters.FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the agency was assisting state and local police in the shooting investigation.
Three people, including a suspected gunman, are dead and three were injured in a shooting at a skating rink in Rhode Island on Monday afternoon, police said.
The shooting happened during a scheduled co-op hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena, two miles from the Rhode Island-Massachusetts border, just before 3 p.m. Monday.
According to Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, the shooting may have been domestic in nature, as the gunman appeared to have been going after members of his family.
The shooter appeared to have fatally shot himself after the incident, Goncalves said.
Three victims were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where they are in critical condition. One of the deceased victims died at the hospital, a spokesperson confirmed.
Later Monday evening, investigators were seen towing a white van from the parking lot outside the arena.
A woman who was leaving the Pawtucket Police Department after the shooting told sister station WCVB that her father was the shooter.
“My father was the shooter,” she said. “He shot my family, and he’s dead now. He has mental health issues.”
As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next.
Two teams made up of students from multiple schools were playing in hockey games at the arena when the shooting took place.
One of the schools was celebrating Senior Night, which honors senior student-athletes and their families during what is usually the final game of the season.
All of the schools involved in the game confirmed that their students and players were not injured in the shooting.
One woman and her son said they were in the stands when they heard the gunshots.
“After four shots, we saw everybody hitting the ground,” she said. “The first thing I thought was where’s my kid? I turned around, I looked toward the stands and he was there and I was just screaming at him to get down. I went back in to see where he was and I saw them doing CPR in the stands. It was really disturbing.”
Students in many school districts in the area are currently on February break.
A 16-year-old goalie for one of the teams said he was on the ice when shots rang out.
“I’m overwhelmed, but trying to stay calm,” he said. “You don’t know what it feels like until you’re in it.”
A bus filled with hockey players, parents and family members who were inside the arena at the time of the shooting was taken to the Pawtucket Police Headquarters.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the agency was assisting state and local police in the shooting investigation.
