USA: Rhode Island shooting, killer used the name Roberta Esposito

USA: Rhode Island shooting, killer used the name Roberta Esposito

Pawtucket (Rhode Island), 17 February (LaPresse/AP) – The perpetrator of the shooting that killed three people during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island has been identified. He is 57-year-old Robert Dorgan; Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves reported that the man used a female name, Roberta Esposito. According to the Pawtucket police, where the shooting took place, a person present in the sports hall to watch the game, possibly a relative of one of the players, intervened to stop the attacker, thus helping to quickly end the scene of violence. The killer took his own life with a gunshot. The incident is believed to be related to a family dispute, according to the police’s initial hypothesis.

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