A week after a deadly mass shooting in Canada reignited concerns linking transgender individuals with acts of violence, another incident involving a transgender individual has taken place, but that was not the big news as the story was reported.
As noted byNBC News, two people were killed and three injured in a shooting that took place at about 2:30 p.m. Monday during a high school hockey game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday, officials said.
After summarizing the incident, noting the shooter killed himself, it took until the seventh paragraph before the key piece of information about the shooter was revealed.
“The suspect was identified by police as Robert Dorgan, who Goncalves said also went by the first name Roberta and by the last name Esposito,” NBC News wrote.
NOW – Robert Dorgan, who also goes by the name “Roberta Esposito,” named as the suspect in the Pawtucket, Rhode Island ice hockey shooting.pic.twitter.com/ZUQFdcrlF9
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv)February 17, 2026
Pawtucket Police Department Chief Tina Goncalves said the shooting “was a targeted event. It looked like a family dispute and there was one individual that was a family friend.”
“It appears that a lone individual, the suspect, entered the arena to watch the hockey game of a family member. And unfortunately, during that time, a shooting occurred,” Goncalves said.
Hesitancy in telling the facts about trans shooters is nothing new. Last week, after transgender teen Jesse Van Rootselaar killed family members, students, and a teacher in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia,Reuterslabeled him a female.
Police reportedly referred to the suspect as “a woman in a dress with brown hair” on Tuesday.
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