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   PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — The suspect in a Pawtucket shooting that left   
   two people dead and three others injured Monday had a history of family   
   disputes, some involving conflict over his gender identity, according to   
   court records.   
      
   Robert Dorgan, 56, is accused of opening fire at a Pawtucket ice rink,   
   killing at least two family members and injuring three others in what   
   authorities described as a family dispute. Dorgan then shot and killed   
   himself, according to police.   
      
   At a late-night news conference, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves   
   said Dorgan also went by the name “Roberta,” and court documents show   
   his gender identity played a role in multiple family disputes over   
   recent years.   
      
   In early 2020, Dorgan went to the North Providence Police Department and   
   reported he had recently undergone gender-reassignment surgery and that   
   his father-in-law wanted him out of their North Providence home because   
   of it.   
      
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   Dorgan told police that his father-in-law, who shares the same surname,   
   threatened to “have him murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not   
   move out of the residence,” according to court documents.   
      
   Dorgan, who said he had lived at the home for seven years, told police   
   that the father-in-law used a derogatory term for transgender   
   individuals to say no such person was “going to stay in my house.”   
      
   The father-in-law was charged with intimidation of witnesses and victims   
   of crimes and obstruction of the judicial system. Prosecutors later   
   dismissed the charges.   
      
   Around the same time, Dorgan’s then-wife Rhonda Dorgan filed for   
   divorce. Under grounds for divorce, Rhonda initially wrote, “gender   
   reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits.” Those   
   reasons were then crossed out and replaced with “irreconcilable   
   differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.”   
      
   The divorce was finalized in June 2021, court records show.   
      
   Paperwork from the divorce showed Dorgan lived at the time in   
   Jacksonville, Florida, and was working as a truck driver.   
      
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   Also in 2020, Dorgan accused his mother of assaulting him and acting in   
   a “violent, threatening or tumultuous manner,” according to police   
   records. The mother was charged with simple assault and battery and   
   disorderly conduct, and the case was also a point of contention in the   
   dispute with his father-in-law.   
      
   An attorney for Dorgan’s mother did not immediately return a call for   
   comment.   
      
   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.”   
      
   The case against his mother was also dismissed, according to court   
   records.   
      
   In a statement Monday night, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic   
   Violence described the situation as “deeply painful.”   
      
   “While details are still emerging, we know that violence within families   
   and intimate relationships can have devastating and far-reaching   
   impacts,” the group said. “Domestic violence does not stay behind closed   
   doors. It affects children, extended family members, and entire   
   communities.”   
      
   https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawtucket-shooters-gender-identity-tied-to   
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