Daughter of Transgender Hockey Game Shooter Speaks Out for the First Time

Chilling video footage has emerged capturing the terrifying moment a transgender individual opened fire on his own family during an ice hockey game, causing panic and chaos among spectators.

Authorities have identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, who also went by the name Roberta Esposito. The tragic incident unfolded on Monday afternoon, leaving two dead and three injured before Dorgan took his own life.

The shocking scene unfolded at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Video from the arena shows Dorgan moving deliberately through the stands before unleashing a hail of about a dozen bullets.

The footage reveals Dorgan raising his arm and firing repeatedly at one victim’s back. A courageous bystander then intervened, grappling with Dorgan as others desperately tried to escape the gunfire.

In this tragic event, Dorgan killed his son and his ex-wife, Rhonda. Three others, reportedly two family members and a family friend, were injured in the attack, according to a report by WCVB.

Shortly after the horror shooting, Dorgan’s daughter broke down in tears as she left a police station, telling reporters he was ‘very sick’. 

‘He shot my family,’ she told reporters outside the station, adding: ‘And, he’s dead now.’  

The stricken daughter, whose identity has not been confirmed by the Daily Mail, was asked what the reason for the shooting was, to which she responded: ‘He has mental health issues.’ 

Horror footage captured the moment a transgender shooter opened fire on his family at an ice hockey game as witnesses scrambled for their lives from the stands 

During the shooting, one brave bystander grabbed the gunman and wrestled him from behind 

Robert Dorgan, who also went by the name ‘Roberta Esposito’, was identified by authorities as the gunman who killed two people and injured three others before turning the gun on himself on Monday afternoon 

Shortly after the horror shooting, the daughter of the transgender shooter broke down in tears as she left a police station, telling reporters he was ‘very sick’

‘If you have a loved one who you think is sick, trust your gut,’ she added. 

Police said Dorgan killed two people and himself, with three others left fighting for their lives in critical condition. 

The shooting sparked mayhem at at the rink, with additional footage showing the high school hockey players scrambling from the rink.

Other players ducked down and sprinted for safety, while those on the bench leapt over the side of the rink and raced to locker rooms. 

Spectators could be heard screaming and crying after the shots rang out. 

‘I was on the ice and I thought it was balloons at first – it was like “bop, bop,” and I thought it was balloons, but this kept going – and it was actually gunshots,’ hockey player Olin Lawrence recounted.

‘And after the gunshots, me and my teammates ran right to the locker room and we just bunkered up and we pressed against the door and we tried to stay safe down there.

‘But it was very scary, we were very nervous.’

The ‘Senior Night’ hockey game was between a co-op team made up of Coventry and Johnston kids, playing against another co-op team from St. Raphael, PCD, North Providence, and North Smithfield schools.

Hockey players were seen ducking down on the sidelines after the gunman opened fire at a high school game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Monday 

One hockey player described how he and his teammates barricaded themselves in the locker room following the shooting

Dorgan’s wife cited ‘gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits’ in their divorce filings six years ago 

The tournament started at 2pm and shots were fired just about half an hour later.

A source with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives explained to Fox News that the gunman shot and killed his wife and opened fire on his children before turning the gun on himself. 

Authorities described the shooting as having stemmed from a ‘family dispute’, and said one of the victims who was killed was a child. 

After Dorgan was identified as the gunman, social media accounts linked to the transgender shooter showed he shared ominous warnings in the days before the deadly incident. 

An online profile that appears to belong to Dorgan shared an eerie video of a woman running on a treadmill while loading ammunition magazines into a handgun and aiming.

In another post on X, a profile for ‘Roberta Dorgano’ threatened to go ‘BERSERK’ while defending transgender Congresswoman Sarah McBride.

‘Keep bashing us,’ he wrote Sunday. ‘But do not wonder why we Go BESERK.’ 

Authorities described the shooting as having stemmed from a ‘family dispute’, and said one of the victims who was killed was a child

A profile for ‘Roberta Dorgano’ warned people on February 15 to ‘not wonder why we Go BESERK’ after an X user misgendered Congresswoman Sarah McBride

Court documents obtained by WPRI show Dorgan had sparred with family members over gender identity issues.

The documents showed he even told police in early 2020 that he had recently undergone gender reassignment surgery and said his father-in-law wanted him kicked out of their home because of it.

Dorgan claimed to officers with the North Providence Police Department that his father-in-law threatened to, ‘have him murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not move out of the residence’, according to court documents.

The gunman, who told police he had been living at the home for seven years, also claimed his father-in-law told him, ‘There’s no goddam [sic] way a tranny is going to stay in my house,’ the documents read.

The father-in-law was then charged with intimidation of witnesses and victims of crimes, and obstruction of the judicial system, but prosecutors later dismissed the charges.

Other court records show Dorgan had also accused his mother of assaulting him and acting in a ‘violent, threatening or tumultuous manner’, leading his mother to be charged with simple assault and battery and disorderly conduct.

The case apparently caused further contention between Dorgan and his father-in-law, with Dorgan telling police his father-in-law, ‘told me that if I did not drop the assault charges against my mother, that further retaliation could be expected, and that was another reason to have me killed’.

The case against Dorgan’s mother was also eventually dismissed.

Dorgan’s gender identity was even cited in his ex-wife, Rhonda’s, petition for a divorce in 2020.

Under the section for ‘grounds for divorce’, Rhonda initially wrote ‘gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits’.

However, those reasons were later crossed out and replaced with, ‘irreconcilable differences, which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage’, WPRI reports. Their divorce was finalized in June 2021.