By KIMBERLEE KRUESI
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Three folks, together with the suspect, have been fatally shot throughout a Rhode Island youth hockey recreation Monday, authorities stated.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves instructed reporters that three different victims are hospitalized in vital situation.
“It seems that this was a focused occasion, that it might be a household dispute,” she stated. Goncalves didn’t present particulars concerning the suspect or the ages of those that have been killed, although she stated it appeared that each victims have been adults.
Authorities have been persevering with to attempt to piece collectively what occurred and converse with witnesses, she stated.
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A father hugs his son exterior of the Lynch Area in Pawtucket, R.I., after a taking pictures on the ice rink, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photograph/Mark Stockwell)
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A father hugs his son exterior of the Lynch Area in Pawtucket, R.I., after a taking pictures on the ice rink, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photograph/Mark Stockwell)
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The taking pictures occurred at Dennis M. Lynch Area in Pawtucket, a couple of miles exterior Windfall.
Outdoors the sector, tearful households and highschool hockey gamers nonetheless in uniform could possibly be seen hugging earlier than they boarded a bus to go away the world. Roads surrounding the sector have been shut down as a heavy police presence remained and helicopters flew overhead.
Pawtucket is nestled simply north of Windfall and proper below the Massachusetts state border. A city of just below 80,000, Pawtucket had up till just lately been referred to as the house to Hasbro’s headquarters.