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malaise

(294,522 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:44 PM 3 hrs ago

Breaking - mass shooting at high school hockey competition

In Rhode Island. Several injured - shooter ‘Down’
Details to come
Coverage in CNN now

https://cbs12.com/news/nation-world/police-presence-dennis-m-lynch-arena-andrew-d-ferland-way-pawtucket-rhode-island-february-16-2026

Pawtucket mayor's office said Monday that a young girl was killed and four people were injured in a shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena ice rink during a high school hockey game between two co-op teams.

The mayor's office said the shooter was dead and that police were not looking for anyone else.

The teams that were playing were Coventry-Johnston co-op and St. Raphael-Providence Country Day-North Providence-North Smithfield co-op.

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Breaking - mass shooting at high school hockey competition (Original Post) malaise 3 hrs ago OP
Oh no. mzmolly 3 hrs ago #1
Gosh, it's about time for one of these. It's been more than a week if you don't count Canada. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #2
Terrible. senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #3
Looks like two dead malaise 3 hrs ago #6
I thought you said: Shooting at a Hockey competition. chouchou 3 hrs ago #4
I did malaise 3 hrs ago #5
She did say that obamanut2012 2 hrs ago #13
Post removed Post removed 3 hrs ago #7
In this country we call that Monday. Vinca 3 hrs ago #8
Jfc SuzyandPuffpuff 2 hrs ago #9
You forgot malaise 2 hrs ago #10
Yes! BeneteauBum 8 min ago #27
Coverage by The Guardian Beringia 2 hrs ago #11
Thanks malaise 2 hrs ago #12
Why the Guardian? Mosby 10 min ago #25
I guess I haven't been thinking and praying hard enough. Bluetus 1 hr ago #14
I'm old enough to remember when school shootings were above the fold news. aeromanKC 1 hr ago #15
Old enough to remember we had ZERO. Columbine which was the first and a unique tragedy. Now it is the norm. Thanks NRA Evolve Dammit 1 hr ago #17
Yep. WHEN do we finally get over the so-called love affair with guns? calimary 39 min ago #20
sad and strange BlueWaveNeverEnd 1 hr ago #16
Hooray for guns! PoindexterOglethorpe 1 hr ago #18
I would, too. calimary 38 min ago #21
What THE FUCK is WRONG with people ??!!!! Exp 54 min ago #19
Trump derangement syndrome BeneteauBum 7 min ago #28
More from W--Providence--Rhode Island (WPRI) news Beringia 25 min ago #22
WTaF UpInArms 4 min ago #29
Violence at a hockey game? Shocking! johnp3907 20 min ago #23
Lord have mercy. MIButterfly 12 min ago #24
It will end when we take back the billionaire owned media. Initech 9 min ago #26

Ocelot II

(129,867 posts)
2. Gosh, it's about time for one of these. It's been more than a week if you don't count Canada.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:47 PM
3 hrs ago

chouchou

(2,978 posts)
4. I thought you said: Shooting at a Hockey competition.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 03:49 PM
3 hrs ago

That would really be weird...and sad..

Response to malaise (Original post)

SuzyandPuffpuff

(463 posts)
9. Jfc
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 04:26 PM
2 hrs ago

... and on and on and on it goes. So sick of this hatred. Young old black white male female hate hate hate ..needs to fucking stop

Beringia

(5,431 posts)
11. Coverage by The Guardian
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 04:30 PM
2 hrs ago

Shooting at Rhode Island ice rink leaves at least two people dead

At least two people are dead in an apparent mass shooting at an indoor ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on Monday afternoon, officials told the WPRI local news outlet.

Police confirmed to the outlet that the suspect is dead. A local sports reporter, Branden Mello, said that one of the shooting victims also died.

The shooting allegedly took place during a boys’ hockey game between two local schools.

Shots came from behind the stands, according to Mello. He also reported that a local father is being hailed as a “hero” after grabbing a gun from the shooter, though the shooter also had a second weapon.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/16/rhode-island-ice-rink-shooting-pawtucket

aeromanKC

(3,863 posts)
15. I'm old enough to remember when school shootings were above the fold news.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 05:30 PM
1 hr ago

I know I know, I'm dating myself there.

Evolve Dammit

(21,656 posts)
17. Old enough to remember we had ZERO. Columbine which was the first and a unique tragedy. Now it is the norm. Thanks NRA
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 05:49 PM
1 hr ago

calimary

(89,408 posts)
20. Yep. WHEN do we finally get over the so-called love affair with guns?
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 06:16 PM
39 min ago

When? Does it even make sense to hold out hope anymore?

Sadly enough, the thing many of us now go straight to is “how long before the next one?”

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
18. Hooray for guns!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 05:54 PM
1 hr ago

I mean, honestly. How boring would it be to live in a country without daily gun violence?

Although I'd be willing to try.

Beringia

(5,431 posts)
22. More from W--Providence--Rhode Island (WPRI) news
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 06:30 PM
25 min ago

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — The father of a North Providence High School senior shot five members of the student’s family at a hockey game Monday, killing two and injuring three others before killing himself, Target 12 has confirmed.

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/multiple-people-shot-at-pawtucket-ice-skating-rink/

UpInArms

(54,534 posts)
29. WTaF
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 06:50 PM
4 min ago
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — The father of a North Providence High School senior shot five members of the student’s family at a hockey game Monday, killing two and injuring three others before killing himself, Target 12 has confirmed.

The student’s mother was killed at the rink, while a sibling died at the hospital, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the incident.

The three other family members were in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital as of late Monday afternoon, a spokesperson for Brown Health confirmed. No names have been released so far.


This is horrifying

johnp3907

(4,265 posts)
23. Violence at a hockey game? Shocking!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 06:34 PM
20 min ago

Almost makes you think celebrating violence is a bad idea!

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