People embrace near a police officer outside the Dennis M Lynch Arena, an indoor ice skating rink, after a shooting in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Photo: ReutersAt least two people were killed in a mass shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink yesterday, authorities said. The suspect killed one person and critically injured three others before dying of an apparent a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said. The shooting took place at Dennis M Lynch Arena during a high school ice hockey game.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2026 15:35 UTC