Investigators believe the shooting at an ice rink in Rhode Island on Monday stemmed...
Investigators believe the shooting at an ice rink in Rhode Island on Monday stemmed from a family dispute that resulted in a horrific murder-suicide.
The tragedy occurred Monday afternoon during a youth hockey game at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.
“It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,” Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters, according to the Associated Press.
Two victims were killed and the suspect was deceased.
Three other people were shot and hospitalized in critical condition.
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The father of a North Providence High School senior shot five members of the student’s family at a hockey game Monday, killing two and injuring three others before killing himself, Target 12 has confirmed.
The student’s mother was killed at the rink, while a sibling died at the hospital, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the incident.
The three other family members were in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital as of late Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for Brown Health confirmed. No names have been released so far.
The attack took place at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, an indoor skating rank, around 2:30 p.m. The “Senior Night” game being played pitted the Coventry-Johnston co-op team against the four institutions that are part of the BVS team: St. Raphael Academy, Providence Country Day School, and the public school districts of North Providence and North Smithfield.
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