Shooting at R.I. rink leaves 3 dead, teams fleeing
created: Feb. 17, 2026, 10:33 a.m. | updated: Feb. 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A shooting inside a Rhode Island hockey rink Monday left three people dead, including the shooter, three others injured and the two high school teams playing fleeing the ice as it all unfolded.
The game between the two high school teams was livestreamed.
"It was pop, pop, pop.
Outside the arena, tearful families and high school hockey players still in uniform could be seen hugging before they boarded a bus to leave the area.
"These are high school kids, they were doing an event, they were playing with fans watching, and it turned into this."
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