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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) u The suspect in a Pawtucket shooting that left
two people dead and three others injured Monday had a history of family disputes, some involving conflict over his gender identity, according to
court records.

Robert Dorgan, 56, is accused of opening fire at a Pawtucket ice rink,
killing at least two family members and injuring three others in what authorities described as a family dispute. Dorgan then shot and killed
himself, according to police.

At a late-night news conference, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves
said Dorgan also went by the name oRoberta,o and court documents show
his gender identity played a role in multiple family disputes over
recent years.

In early 2020, Dorgan went to the North Providence Police Department and reported he had recently undergone gender-reassignment surgery and that
his father-in-law wanted him out of their North Providence home because
of it.

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Dorgan told police that his father-in-law, who shares the same surname, threatened to ohave him murdered by an Asian street gang if he did not
move out of the residence,o according to court documents.

Dorgan, who said he had lived at the home for seven years, told police
that the father-in-law used a derogatory term for transgender
individuals to say no such person was ogoing to stay in my house.o

The father-in-law was charged with intimidation of witnesses and victims
of crimes and obstruction of the judicial system. Prosecutors later
dismissed the charges.

Around the same time, DorganAs then-wife Rhonda Dorgan filed for
divorce. Under grounds for divorce, Rhonda initially wrote, ogender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits.o Those reasons were then crossed out and replaced with oirreconcilable
differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.o

The divorce was finalized in June 2021, court records show.

Paperwork from the divorce showed Dorgan lived at the time in
Jacksonville, Florida, and was working as a truck driver.

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Also in 2020, Dorgan accused his mother of assaulting him and acting in
a oviolent, threatening or tumultuous manner,o according to police
records. The mother was charged with simple assault and battery and
disorderly conduct, and the case was also a point of contention in the
dispute with his father-in-law.

An attorney for DorganAs mother did not immediately return a call for
comment.

Dorgan told police his father-in-law otold me that if I did not drop the assault charges against my mother that further retaliation could be
expected and that was another reason to have me killed.o

The case against his mother was also dismissed, according to court
records.

In a statement Monday night, the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence described the situation as odeeply painful.o

oWhile details are still emerging, we know that violence within families
and intimate relationships can have devastating and far-reaching
impacts,o the group said. oDomestic violence does not stay behind closed
doors. It affects children, extended family members, and entire
communities.o

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