A MOTHER-OF-THREE allegedly shot by her transgender ex-husband at a high school hockey game has been pictured.
is accused of in the horror mass shooting which is feared to have claimed the life of his divorced wife Rhonda Dorgan, 52, and one other.
Rhonda Dorgan pictured alongside her three childrenCredit: Facebook/ @rhonda.dorgan
Transgender dad Robert Dorgan, 56, shot dead two people and critically injured three others at a high school ice hockey gameCredit: Facebook
The ice hockey players were seen skating to safety as shots rang out across the arena
The shooting first erupted just before 2:30pm with police arriving within two minutes of the first 911 call to find three people dead and three critically injured.
Robert was among the victims with police saying the suspect turned the gun on themselves afterwards.
A source with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) told Fox News they believe the shooter killed a former lover and shot all three of her children.
Police are yet to confirm the identities of any of the victims.
Horror footage shows the high school hockey players skating off the rink as shots rang out across the arena.
Police Chief Tina Goncalves has now said Dorgan, who was found dead at the scene, is the only suspect as she revealed the suspect identified as a female.
Goncalves announced: “We have identified the person, the suspect, by a birth name, the birth name was Robert Dorgan.
“We have also learned that the person does go by the name of Roberta, also uses a last name of Esposito.”
Dorgan was the father of a North Providence High School senior who was competing in the school hockey tournament.
The suspect reportedly underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020, according to court filings obtained by WPRI .
Just one night before the massacre, Dorgan chillingly replied to an anti-trans post on social media saying: “Keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK.”
Cops are continuing to investigate the mass shooting but believe the motive was likely a domestic dispute between Dorgan and an ex-wife.
Around the same time as Dorgan’s surgery, a partner filed for divorce on grounds of “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic and personality disorder traits,” according to the court filing.
Weeks later, the official reason was replaced with “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage“.
Dorgan’s family troubles also saw a report filed against a father-in-law to the North Providence Police Department in 2020.
The suspected shooter accused the in-law of using a slur for transgender people before bizarrely claiming he threatened to have Dorgan “murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not move out of the residence”.
Three victims remain in critical condition in hospital.
Dorgan was believed to be armed with multiple guns, with witnesses claiming a heroic bystander managed to rip a firearm out of the attacker’s hands after the first few shots were fired.
A second deadly weapon was then allegedly pulled out as Dorgan continued the assault with Rhode Island cops finding two guns at the scene.
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