WASHINGTON
\nAt least two people were killed and three wounded in a shooting at an ice rink in the northeastern US town of Pawtucket on Monday, authorities said, with social media footage showing frightened teenagers fleeing the sound of gunshots. \u201cWe have three deceased.
\nThe suspect, and then we have two victims, and then we have three at the hospital,\u201d said Tina Goncalves, police chief in the Rhode Island community. She added that initial investigations suggested the shooting was targeted and \u201cmay be a family dispute.
\n\u201cNo details were immediately shared on the identities of the victims, but Goncalves said the wounded were in \u201ccritical condition.\u201d Mass shootings are common in the United States, where lax gun control laws mean that access to weapons is relatively easy.
\nIn 2025, there were more than 400 mass shootings in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which counts incidents where four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter. Gun violence as a whole claimed at least 14,703 lives last year, not including suicides.
\nMonday\u2019s shooting, which occurred at a high school ice hockey game, came two months after a mass shooting at Brown University, located just 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) away. Footage shared on social media, which has not been verified by media, showed players, students and spectators at Pawtucket\u2019s Dennis M Lynch Arena fleeing for cover as shots rang out over the indoor ice rink.
\n\u201cAfter the gunshots me and my teammates ran right to the locker room,\u201d one eyewitness, who was on the ice when the shots were fired, told local news station WJAR. \u201cWe pressed against the door and tried to stay safe down in there.\u201d At least 12 shots can be heard on the social media footage, which appears to have been taken from a livestream of the game. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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