{"id":14104,"date":"2026-02-19T03:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14104"},"modified":"2026-02-19T03:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T03:30:50","slug":"community-in-mourning-after-tragedy-at-pawtucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=14104","title":{"rendered":"Community in Mourning After Tragedy at Pawtucket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tragedy at a Youth Hockey Game<\/strong><br>What began as a game at <strong>Dennis M. Lynch Arena<\/strong> in <strong>Pawtucket<\/strong> ended in tragedy on February 16, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gunfire erupted just before 3 p.m., causing panic. Authorities confirmed three people, including a child, were killed and others critically injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Police Response and Early Findings<\/strong><br>Police Chief <strong>Tina Goncalves<\/strong> said the suspect died from a \u201cself-inflicted gunshot wound,\u201d and officers were not involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Investigators believe the attack may have been targeted and linked to a family dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suspect and Background<\/strong><br>The suspect, <strong>Robert Dorgan<\/strong>, reportedly also known as <strong>Roberta Esposito<\/strong>, had prior family-related legal issues, some later dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community in Mourning<\/strong><br>Mayor <strong>Don Grebien<\/strong> called the day heartbreaking. The <strong>Coventry School District<\/strong> confirmed its students were safely transported home as the community united in grief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy at a Youth Hockey GameWhat began as a game at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket ended in tragedy on February 16, 2026. Gunfire erupted just before 3 p.m., causing panic. Authorities confirmed three people, including a child, were killed and others critically injured. Police Response and Early FindingsPolice Chief Tina Goncalves said the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14106,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14104\/revisions\/14106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}