据当地一家新闻媒体援引法庭文件报道，一名嫌疑人被控于周一在罗德岛州一家溜冰场枪杀两人后自杀。该嫌疑人被确认为跨性别者，并曾因性别认同问题与家人发生过冲突。
据WPRI报道，法庭记录显示，罗伯特·多根近年来曾多次与亲属发生纠纷，其中包括在他接受变性手术后，紧张关系升级的指控。
帕图凯特警察局长蒂娜·冈萨尔维斯在周一的新闻发布会上表示，56岁的多根被控在帕图凯特市丹尼斯·M·林奇体育馆内开枪，当时考文垂学校和布莱克斯通谷学校正在进行一场冰球比赛。警方称，这起事件是一起“家庭纠纷”。
当局表示，两名受害者被杀，嫌疑人开枪自杀身亡。另有三人受伤，目前仍在住院治疗。
一位联邦执法部门的消息人士告诉福克斯新闻，枪手在枪杀妻子和三个孩子后自杀，消息人士称这是一起家庭暴力事件。
2020年，多根向北普罗维登斯警方报案称，他接受了变性手术，并表示岳父因此想让他搬出家。警方确认嫌疑人为罗伯特·多根，并称他有时也使用“罗伯塔”这个名字。
据WPRI援引的法庭文件显示，多根指控岳父使用贬义词称呼跨性别者，并威胁说如果他不搬出去就会遭到报复。岳父当时被起诉，但检察官后来撤销了此案。
法庭文件还显示，多根当时的妻子最初在离婚文件中列出的离婚理由是“变性手术、自恋型人格障碍”，后来改为“不可调和的矛盾”。离婚于2021年正式生效。离婚记录显示，当时多根居住在佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔市，职业是卡车司机。
据WPRI援引警方记录显示，同样在2020年，多根指控其母亲殴打他，并有“暴力、威胁或骚乱行为”。他的母亲被控犯有轻微殴打罪和扰乱治安罪，但法庭记录显示，该案后来被撤销。
多根与岳父的冲突也与此有关。根据法庭文件，多根告诉警方，他的岳父“告诉我，如果我不撤销对母亲的殴打指控，就会遭到进一步报复，这也是他要杀我的另一个原因。”
警方尚未说明这些过去的纠纷是否与周一的暴力事件有关，调查人员也未公开确定作案动机。冈萨尔维斯表示，枪击事件“看起来像是一起家庭纠纷”，侦探们仍在努力确定事件的时间线。
A suspect accused of shooting and killing two people at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday before killing himself was identified as transgender and had a history of past family conflict over his gender identity, a local news outlet reported, citing court documents.
Court records show Robert Dorgan had been involved in multiple disputes with relatives in recent years, including allegations that tensions escalated after he underwent gender reassignment surgery, according to WPRI.
Dorgan, 56, is accused of opening fire inside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a hockey game between Coventry and Blackstone Valley Schools in what police described as a “family dispute,” Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said at a press conference Monday.
Authorities said two victims were killed and the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Three others were injured and remain hospitalized.
A federal law enforcement source told Fox News the gunman killed his wife and shot three of his children before turning the gun on himself in what the source described as a domestic violence incident.
In 2020, Dorgan reported to North Providence police that he had undergone gender-reassignment surgery and said his father-in-law wanted him out of the family home because of it. Police identified the suspect by the birth name Robert Dorgan and said he also went by “Roberta.”
According to court documents cited by WPRI, Dorgan alleged his father-in-law used a derogatory term for transgender individuals and threatened retaliation if he did not move out. The father-in-law was charged at the time, though prosecutors later dismissed the case.
Court filings also show Dorgan’s then-wife initially cited “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” in divorce paperwork before the grounds were amended to “irreconcilable differences.” The divorce was finalized in 2021. Divorce records list Dorgan as living in Jacksonville, Florida, at the time and working as a truck driver.
Also in 2020, Dorgan accused his mother of assaulting him and acting in a “violent, threatening or tumultuous manner,” according to police records cited by WPRI. His mother was charged with simple assault and battery and disorderly conduct, though the case was later dismissed, court records show.
The dispute was also referenced in Dorgan’s conflict with his father-in-law. According to court documents, Dorgan told 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.”
Police have not said whether those past disputes were connected to Monday’s violence, and investigators have not publicly identified a motive. Goncalves said the shooting “looked like it was a family dispute” and that detectives are still working to establish a timeline.