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Pawtucket Police Release Body-Camera Video of Rink Shooting That Left Three Dead

The footage captures the first frantic minutes inside Lynch Arena.

Overview

  • The nearly 22-minute clip, heavily blurred by police, shows an officer sprinting into the stands as a woman yells, "my dad shot my brother," and bystanders identify the shooter.
  • Officer audio notes two guns near deceased suspect Robert Dorgan, 56, who opened fire on his estranged family during a high school Senior Night before dying by suicide.
  • Rhonda Dorgan and her son Aidan died at the scene; former father-in-law Gerald Dorgan, 75, died Wednesday of his injuries, bringing the death toll to three.
  • Linda Dorgan and family friend Thomas Geruso were wounded and hospitalized, with one person released by Friday, according to local reporting.
  • Witnesses and video describe Good Samaritans tackling and disarming the gunman before he produced a second firearm, and police say no motive has been established.