Two killed, 3 wounded in shooting at at youth hockey game in Rhode Island 

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Two people were killed and three others critically injured in a shooting at a high school boys’ hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Monday afternoon, police said.The suspected shooter, who police say took their own life after opening fire, appeared to target family members during the incident, two law enforcement officials who have been briefed on the situation tell CNN. Police have said the investigation is ongoing.Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that someone helped bring a swift end to the violent scene by intervening and trying to subdue the shooter, who was at an arena to watch a family member’s hockey game. “It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,” she said.Goncalves identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, who she said also went by the name Roberta Esposito and was born in 1969.The latest spasm of gun violence comes just two months after a shooting at Brown University, a few miles south, left Rhode Island shaken and underscored the vulnerability of trusted community spaces.The shooting appeared to unfold behind one of the team’s benches in the middle of play, video from the youth-sports streaming service LiveBarn shows. In the footage, aired by CNN affiliate WJAR, players from both teams are seen taking cover as at least a dozen shots are fired, with players and coaches rushing for the gates leading out of the rink’s benches.Some of the high-school-aged skaters joined the players on the ice, leaping into the rink amid the sound of shots, charging toward a door on the opposite side which leads to the locker room, according to WJAR. Another person tried to disarm the shooter in the stands, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said on social media.The three injured people are in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital with gunshot wounds, the hospital system said. It is the same facility where victims in the shooting at Brown University were treated.Police are working to put together a timeline of what happened before they responded to the facility at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Goncalves said.It was the 41st mass shooting across the US in the first 47 days of the year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.“This kind of violence, especially in a place meant for families and youth, is devastating,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said in a post on X. — Agencies