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Pawtucket shooting: Scary video shows moment shots were fired at school hockey game; watch
A smartphone video captured gunfire erupting during a school hockey game at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, leaving five victims and the suspect dead.
A video surfaced of the shooting at the school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, that left three dead, including the suspect, and three injured. The video, recorded from a smartphone, shows the moment during the hockey match when gunfire erupted inside the Dennis M Lynch Arena Monday afternoon.
Here's the video:
The suspect died with self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The conditions of the injured victims are currently unknown. Fox News reported that the incident stemmed from a domestic violence altercation in the stands of the Rhode Island-based ice hockey rink.
Local media WRPI reported that the hockey game was between the Coventry and Blackstone Valley Schools in Rhode Island. Fox News reported, citing a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) source, that the suspect, a man, shot and killed his wife, injured his three children and then shot himself dead. One of the children remains hospitalized.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves did not confirm the relation of the suspect with the victims.
Pawtucket Police Chief Confirms Details
Tina Goncalves said that the shooting was targeted and stemmed from a “family dispute.” Police arrived at the arena around 2:40 pm and found two casualties inside the arena. Goncalves confirmed that the shooter appeared to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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While two of the victims died inside the arena, one, a girl, was taken to a hospital where she passed away. The other three victims are in critical condition, she confirmed.
"It was a Senior Night – a time for them to celebrate and to remember. It’s very unfortunate that this happened today. Again, we’re trying to offer some services. We have the Rhode Island EMA. We have the federal EMA out there," Goncalves said at the presser.
“We’ll do anything we can for the outreach to make sure that these kids are getting some kind of support in the days to follow. Obviously, it’s going to all settle in probably later tonight or tomorrow for them.”
