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   Leroy N. Soetoro to All   
   Trans dad Robert Dorgan shoots wife, 3 k   
   19 Feb 26 22:31:26   
   
   XPost: ri.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics   
   XPost: alt.politics.homosexuality, alt.transgendered   
   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   A twisted trans father shot his wife, three kids and a family friend in   
   the stands at a high school hockey tournament in Rhode Island on Monday   
   — sending the panicked crowd screaming and fleeing for the exits.   
      
   Two people were killed and three others are in critical condition at a   
   hospital after the gunfire erupted at Lynch Arena in Pawtucket around   
   2:30 p.m., according to cops, who described the incident as a targeted   
   family dispute.   
      
   The shooter, identified as 56-year-old Robert Dorgan — who also went by   
   Roberta Esposito — died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.   
      
   Dorgan was the father of a senior at North Providence High School, one   
   of the six schools participating in the co-op games, WPRI reported.   
      
   He shot his son’s mother, their three children and a family friend who   
   were all spectators at the game, according to reports.   
      
   The mother died at the scene, and one of the children died at the   
   hospital, the local outlet reported.   
      
   A woman who was seen leaving the Pawtucket Police Department following   
   the deadly rampage told reporters, “My father was the shooter” and   
   claimed that he was plagued by “mental health issues.”   
      
   “He shot my family, and he’s dead now,” she said, adding that he was   
   “very sick.”   
      
   A livestream of the hockey match captured the moment spectators and   
   players dove to the floor as approximately 11 gunshots rang out.   
      
   Many players on the bench scrambled as they pushed to squeeze out of the   
   box, with some ditching their skates in the process. Others vaulted over   
   the barrier surrounding the rink and headed straight for the locker   
   room, according to the harrowing video.   
      
   Witnesses told CBS News that, in the chaos, they surmised the gunshots   
   were “balloons” popping or “the kids banging the boards with their   
   skates.”   
      
   But when the shots continued, they all rushed to evacuate, while some   
   tried to assist the victims in the stands.   
      
   A hero bystander disarmed the gunman, but he had another weapon,   
   according to witnesses.   
      
   Branden Mello, a local sports editor, said one father at the game   
   wrestled a gun out of the shooter’s hands, but they still “had a second   
   weapon.”   
      
   Olin Lawrence, a sophomore goalkeeper for Coventry High School, told CBS   
   News that he and the other players barricaded themselves inside a locker   
   room.   
      
   “We were just trying to be safe. We were trying to see if everyone was   
   all good and if everyone was safe. Just to get everyone on the door. We   
   pressed against the door and just tried to stay safe down in there. It   
   was very scary. We were very nervous. It was a lot of shots,” Olin said.   
      
   Melissa Dunn fled the arena but doubled back to locate her son, who was   
   competing on one of the teams. When she made it back inside, she said,   
   she saw people performing CPR on the victims in the stands.   
      
   Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien said law enforcement is working in tandem   
   with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office “to ensure the facts are   
   fully established” before making any other announcements.   
      
   “Pawtucket is a strong and resilient community, but tonight we are a   
   city in mourning. We will stand together to support all those affected   
   in the difficult days ahead, and we will keep the public updated as   
   confirmed facts become available,” Grebien said.   
      
   The FBI’s Boston field office is also assisting the investigation, FBI   
   Director Kash Patel announced on X.   
      
   Lynch Arena is home ice for the Johnson and Wales Wildcats hockey team,   
   and was hosting matches with several local schools at the time.   
      
   Students from Coventry, Johnston, North Providence, and North Smithfield   
   high schools were all participating in games with St. Raphael Academy   
   and Providence Country Day School when the shooting occurred, as   
   reported by WJAR.   
      
   St. Raphael Academy told WJAR that it has “been told none of our   
   [school] family was injured” in the shooting.   
      
   Coventry’s superintendent also confirmed that all of the town’s students   
   were accounted for.   
      
   Johnston Public Schools told the outlet that its sole student-athlete   
   participating in the tourney and a spectator were both safe.   
      
   They added that no other Johnston students were injured, “to the best of   
   our knowledge.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/pawtucket-shooting-multiple-casualt   
   ies-reported-at-rhode-islands-lynch-arena/   
      
   Conversation:   
      
   Not_A_Lib DonkeypoxIsKillingAmerica   
   1 day ago   
      
   A society can only stay stable when it upholds order, accountability,   
   and a shared understanding of right and wrong. But critics argue that   
   the modern liberal model is pushing us in the opposite direction—and the   
   results are impossible to ignore.   
      
   Bail reforms that release offenders back onto the streets, prosecutors   
   who treat criminals like victims, and years of soft-on-crime policies   
   have created an atmosphere where lawlessness feels almost protected. At   
   the same time, the border has been left porous for years, with waves of   
   unvetted immigration overwhelming systems and communities. Add to that a   
   sustained political and cultural campaign that treats law enforcement as   
   the enemy, and it’s no wonder morale has cratered while crime surges.   
      
   And then there’s the cultural shift—an entire younger generation being   
   taught to sympathize with criminals, distrust authority, and view   
   consequences as cruelty. Schools barely teach ethics, responsibility, or   
   discipline anymore. Instead of building strong citizens, we’re raising   
   people who believe rules are optional and accountability is oppressive.   
      
   Put all of this together and you don’t get a compassionate society—you   
   get a fragile, unstable one. A society where chaos grows faster than   
   order, and where leaders seem more interested in ideological experiments   
   than in keeping the country safe.   
      
   When a culture stops defending what’s right, it starts protecting what’s   
   dangerous. That’s the real cost of the “liberal society” critics warn   
   about.   
      
      
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   / Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.   
      
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