A shooting at a Rhode Island high school hockey game on Monday afternoon left two people dead and three people in critical condition. Authorities said the alleged shooter is also dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The incident took place at Dennis M. Lynch Arena around 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday. It’s unclear what led to the shooting, although Pawtucket police suggested a family dispute could be to blame.
Here’s the latest on the shooting.
Rhode Island hockey shooting updates
Pawtucket police confirmed that three people were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday, including the alleged shooter. Three victims are hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
The shooting took place at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, a town of 80,000 which sits a few miles north of Providence. Families pooled into the arena around 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday to watch Coventry-Johnston’s co-op team take on BVS, a side made up of students from four different places: St. Raphael Academy, North Providence, Providence Country Day School and public school districts North Providence and North Smithfield.
Federal agents are reportedly assisting local law enforcement following the attack, according to CBS News.
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Target 12 reported that the shooter was the father of a North Providence High School senior. He reportedly shot five members of the student’s family before turning the gun on himself.
The names and ages of the victims weren’t made immediately available. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that the incident appeared to be targeted and possibly a family dispute, according to Politico.
Pawtucket mayor Don Grebien called the shooting “tragic” but stressed it was “an isolated incident.”
The Providence Bruins, the AHL affiliate of the Boston Bruins, took to X to pay condolences to the victims of the attack.
A statement from the Providence Bruins regarding today’s tragic shooting in Pawtucket. pic.twitter.com/BrqZVusB3s
— Providence Bruins (@AHLBruins) February 16, 2026
This story will be updated.
