THIS, THIS HORRIFIC EVENT. NOW, I DO WANT TO PLAY YOU THAT SOUND BECAUSE THIS WOMAN, SHE CAME OUT AS WELL AND WE STARTED ASKING HER ABOUT HER REACTION TO THIS SITUATION. AND THIS ALL UNFOLDED RIGHT BEFORE US. LISTEN, FATHER WAS THE SHOOTER. YEAH. WHAT HAPPENED? HE SHOT MY FAMILY. AND HE’S DEAD NOW. WHAT WAS THE REASONING? WAS THERE A FAMILY ARGUMENT? HE HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO IS IT YOUR DAUGHTER THAT WAS KILLED? NO. NO, NO. I DON’T KNOW WHO WAS KILLED. OKAY, SO AFTER THAT, A FEW MOMENTS LATER, WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH HER. AND SHE ALSO SAID THAT HER FATHER HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. AND THE REASON THAT HE DID THIS IS BECAUSE OF THAT HE WAS STRUGGLING. SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER IS DEAD. SHE SAID SHE WAS ALSO GOING TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, PRESUMABLY TO TO SEE HER OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WHO MAY HAVE BE
Woman says her father opened fire in Pawtucket hockey rink, ‘has mental health issues’
“He shot my family and he’s dead now,” she said
Updated: 6:07 PM EST Feb 16, 2026
Following a deadly shooting in the stands during a Rhode Island high school hockey game, a woman told NewsCenter 5 that her father was the shooter. The woman, who did not provide her name, was exiting the Pawtucket Police Department with a man and a child when she offered that information. “My father was the shooter,” she said.”He shot my family, and he’s dead now,” she also said. The shooting happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena on Andrew D. Ferland Way during a high school hockey game just before 3 p.m. Monday. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the suspect was among the three people who died in the shooting. Three others were wounded in the shooting.Goncalves said police believe the suspect’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted. “He has mental health issues,” said the woman who said the shooter was her father. She went on to say that he struggled with his mental health for some time and was, “very sick,” although she did not provide specific details. As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next. Hockey players and their families were brought to the police department by bus amid the investigation. Some of the players were still wearing uniforms, and parents were carrying flowers intended as gifts for one of the teams’ senior night celebrations.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. —
Following a deadly shooting in the stands during a Rhode Island high school hockey game, a woman told NewsCenter 5 that her father was the shooter.
The woman, who did not provide her name, was exiting the Pawtucket Police Department with a man and a child when she offered that information.
“My father was the shooter,” she said.
“He shot my family, and he’s dead now,” she also said.
The shooting happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena on Andrew D. Ferland Way during a high school hockey game just before 3 p.m. Monday. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the suspect was among the three people who died in the shooting. Three others were wounded in the shooting.
Goncalves said police believe the suspect’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
“He has mental health issues,” said the woman who said the shooter was her father.
She went on to say that he struggled with his mental health for some time and was, “very sick,” although she did not provide specific details.
As she walked toward a pickup truck parked across from the police department, the woman said she did not know who was killed but that she was going to the hospital next.
Hockey players and their families were brought to the police department by bus amid the investigation. Some of the players were still wearing uniforms, and parents were carrying flowers intended as gifts for one of the teams’ senior night celebrations.