The shooter in the recent Rhode Island incident at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket has been publicly identified by authorities as Robert Dorgan , who was also known as Roberta Esposito and was born in 1969.

Officials have described the attack as a targeted event likely connected to a family dispute during a youth or high school hockey game, and they have stated that the shooter died from an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot wound at the scene.

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