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A MOTHER-OF-THREE allegedly shot by her transgender ex-husband at a high school hockey game has been pictured.
Robert Dorgan, 56, is accused of targeting members of the same family in the horror mass shooting, which is feared to have claimed the life of the suspect‘s divorced wife Rhonda Dorgan, 52, and one other.
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The shooting first erupted just before 2:30pm with police arriving within two minutes of the first 911 call to find three people dead and three critically injured.
Robert was among the victims, with Pawtucket police believing the killer died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
The shooter is believed to have killed Rhonda and shot all three of her children, a source with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) told Fox News.
A family friend is said to be the final person shot during the school attack.
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Three remain in critical condition in hospital.
Police are yet to confirm the identities of any of the victims.
Robert Dorgan reportedly underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020, according to court filings obtained by WPRI.
This decision is feared to be a possible motive for the attack, with cops investigating a domestic dispute between Dorgan and an ex-wife.
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Around the same time as the suspect’s surgery, a partner filed for divorce on grounds of “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic and personality disorder traits,” according to the court filing.
Weeks later, the official reason was replaced with “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage“.
It remains unclear if Rhonda is the woman involved in the divorce in question.
Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed Dorgan is the suspected shooter as she said on Monday: “We have identified the person, the suspect, by a birth name, the birth name was Robert Dorgan.
“We have also learned that the person does go by the name of Roberta, also uses a last name of Esposito.”
Just one night before the massacre, Dorgan chillingly replied to an anti-trans post on social media saying: “Keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK.”
Dorgan’s family troubles also saw a report filed against a father-in-law with the North Providence Police Department in 2020.
The suspected shooter accused the in-law of using a slur for transgender people before bizarrely claiming he threatened to have Dorgan “murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not move out of the residence”.
The father-in-law was later charged with intimidation of witnesses and victims of crimes, and obstruction of the judicial system.
Prosecutors would end up dismissing all the charges against him.
Dorgan’s mother was also accused of assault and acting in a “violent, threatening or tumultuous manner”, court docs showed.
Dorgan was the father of a North Providence High School senior who was competing in the school hockey match at the Lynch Arena.
The suspect was believed to be armed with multiple guns, with witnesses claiming a heroic bystander managed to rip a firearm out of the attacker’s hands after the first few shots were fired.
A second deadly weapon was then allegedly pulled out as Dorgan continued the assault with Rhode Island cops finding two guns at the scene.
Just one night before the massacre, Dorgan chillingly replied to an anti-trans post on social media saying: “Keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK.”
An X account said to belong to the suspect has now been unearthed with it featuring thousands of unhinged posts.
Many include anti-trans hate messages as well as antisemitic, pro-Nazi and racist rants.
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said his police force is working with Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office “to ensure the facts are fully established”.
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He added: “Pawtucket is a strong and resilient community, but tonight we are a city in mourning.
“We will stand together to support all those affected in the difficult days ahead, and we will keep the public updated as confirmed facts become available.”
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