Following a deadly shooting in the stands during a Rhode Island high school hockey game, a woman told sister station WCVB that her father was the shooter. The woman, who did not provide her name, was exiting the Pawtucket Police Department with a man and a child when she offered that information. “My father was the shooter,” she said.”He shot my family, and he’s dead now,” she also said. The shooting happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena during a high school hockey game just before 3 p.m. Monday. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the suspect was among the three people who died in the shooting. Three others were wounded in the shooting.Goncalves said police believe the suspect’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted. “He has mental health issues,” said the woman who said the shooter was her father. She went on to say that he struggled with his mental health for some time and was, “very sick,” although she did not provide specific details. As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next. Video below: Reunification process begins after shooting in RI ice rinkHockey players and their families were brought to the police department by bus amid the investigation. Some of the players were still wearing uniforms, and parents were carrying flowers intended as gifts for one of the teams’ senior night celebrations.
Following a deadly shooting in the stands during a Rhode Island high school hockey game, a woman told sister station WCVB that her father was the shooter.
The woman, who did not provide her name, was exiting the Pawtucket Police Department with a man and a child when she offered that information.
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“My father was the shooter,” she said.
“He shot my family, and he’s dead now,” she also said.
The shooting happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena during a high school hockey game just before 3 p.m. Monday. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the suspect was among the three people who died in the shooting. Three others were wounded in the shooting.
Goncalves said police believe the suspect’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
“He has mental health issues,” said the woman who said the shooter was her father.
She went on to say that he struggled with his mental health for some time and was, “very sick,” although she did not provide specific details.
As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next.
Video below: Reunification process begins after shooting in RI ice rink
Hockey players and their families were brought to the police department by bus amid the investigation. Some of the players were still wearing uniforms, and parents were carrying flowers intended as gifts for one of the teams’ senior night celebrations.
