As new details continue to emerge about a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, hockey game shooting, social media users are making new claims about Robert Dorgan.
New details about a shooting continue to emerge Rhode Island High School Hockey Tournament, Social Media Post Claims Suspect, Robert Dorganwas a huge Thomas Massey and Marjorie Taylor Green supporter. Police identified the gunman as Dorgan, he said Roberta EspositoPawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said at a press conference at 9:30 pm, according to the Providence Journal.
People hug and leave as police stand outside a cordon they’ve built around Dennis M. Lynch Arena where a shooting occurred on Feb. 16, 2026, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (AFP)An X post claims that Dorgan is a “huge Thomas Macy and MTG supporter”. A screenshot attached to the post shows an X user named Roberta Dorgano, who X users claim is Dorgan’s profile, commenting with three heart emojis in response to Macy’s post, which read, “I like mine, I have two you sent us. Ronda liked it too.”
It’s unclear what Massey was talking about.
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The post included another screenshot showing Roberta Dorgano reposting an announcement from Massey, in which the politician wrote that she was “excited to invite you to our campaign headquarters launch party at 7998 Dixie Hwy in Florence, KY.”
HT.com has not independently verified whether X user Roberta Dorgano is actually Dorgan, or whether Dorgan is indeed a Massey or Greene supporter.
Here’s what we know about the shooting so farThe event took place at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena PawtucketA few miles outside of Providence during youth ice hockey games. Although Goncalves did not reveal exactly how the gunman was related to the victims, local reports claimed the gunman was a father who shot his wife and three children.
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Goncalves added that police were not involved in the suspect’s death.
“It appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but we’re going to investigate it fully,” Goncalves said. The police were not involved.
The gunman was found dead inside Lynch Arena, along with another victim. Another person died at the hospital and three others were in critical condition, police said, according to the New York Post.
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