Pawtucket mayor points assertion: “We’re a metropolis in mourning”
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien known as the taking pictures on the Dennis M. Lynch Area “a horrible tragedy” in a press release issued Monday evening.
“What ought to have been a joyful event, with dozens of households, college students, and supporters gathered to have a good time Senior Evening for the BVS (Blackstone Valley Colleges) cooperative hockey crew throughout a highschool matchup towards the Coventry-Johnston cooperative crew, was as an alternative marked by violence and concern,” the mayor’s statement read.
Grebien stated town is working carefully with legislation enforcement and the lawyer common’s workplace within the ongoing investigation.
“Pawtucket is a robust and resilient neighborhood, however tonight we’re a metropolis in mourning,” Grebien stated. “We’ll stand collectively to help all these affected within the tough days forward, and we’ll preserve the general public up to date as confirmed information turn into out there.”
Mother says she ran again in hockey enviornment to seek out her son
The mom of one of many hockey gamers described seeing first responders performing CPR within the stands of the Dennis M. Lynch Area after she ran again inside to seek out her son.
“You do not know what is going on on at first. You simply hear the loud noises. And we’re used to the children banging on the board with their skates, so we thought it was that initially,” Melissa Dunn, whose son is a sophomore goalie on one of many groups, told reporters outside the police station after giving witness statements.
Dunn recalled screaming for her son to get down earlier than he and different gamers went throughout the ice to the locker room.
“We ran out of the rink … Your first thought is ‘the place’s my child?'” she stated. “I attempted to get again within the rink, and I really acquired again in there to seek out out the place he was, and I noticed them doing CPR within the stands and it was simply actually disturbing.”
Federal brokers aiding native legislation enforcement, FBI and ATF say
Federal brokers are aiding native legislation enforcement in Pawtucket following the lethal taking pictures at a highschool boys’ hockey sport.
FBI Boston stated it responded to the scene at Dennis M. Lynch Area.
“At the moment, there isn’t any imminent risk to public security and there was no request for FBI help. Nevertheless, the general public ought to proceed to keep away from the realm,” the FBI stated in a statement posted to social media. “Our prayers are with everybody impacted by this incident.”
Earlier, ATF Boston stated brokers additionally responded to the taking pictures.
Hockey participant recounts hiding inside locker room: “It was numerous photographs”
A highschool hockey participant who was on the ice on the time of the taking pictures stated he ran contained in the locker room when he heard photographs being fired.
“I went down after which I ran,” the participant, Olin Lawrence, instructed reporters.
“We pressed towards the door and simply tried to remain secure down in there. It was very scary. We had been very nervous,” he stated. “It was numerous photographs.”
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A number of colleges had been a part of senior evening hockey sport, state rep. says
Rhode Island State Rep. Cherie Cruz instructed CBS Boston a number of colleges within the space had been a part of the senior evening hockey sport on Monday because the taking pictures occured.
“Quite a lot of totally different gamers from Coventry, from East Windfall, from Saint Rays [Saint Raphael Academy]. So there’s lots from cities and cities right here in the present day,” Cruz stated on the scene.
College students from totally different colleges had been enjoying on the identical crew, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves additionally stated.
Officers from Coventry Public Colleges and Windfall Nation Day have confirmed all their scholar athletes have been accounted for.
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2 victims killed in attainable “household dispute,” 3 wounded, police chief says
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed two grownup victims are lifeless and three persons are in crucial situation in what investigators consider was a focused taking pictures “that could be a household dispute.”
The suspect can be confirmed lifeless, Goncalves stated at a information convention.
“We’re placing all of the items collectively. It seems [the suspect is dead] from a self-inflicted gun wound,” the police chief stated.
Windfall Nation Day says its college students and workers are secure
Kevin Folan, the pinnacle of faculties at Windfall Nation Day, stated in a press release: “We’re shocked and saddened by the taking pictures at in the present day’s hockey sport. We will affirm that the PCD college students, mother and father, and workers that had been current are secure presently.”
Folan stated, “We’ll talk any additional updates to the PCD neighborhood immediately and help companies will probably be out there to college students, households, and workers who may have them.”
Windfall Nation Day is a personal faculty situated in East Windfall.
Coventry colleges superintendent says college students are “accounted for and are secure”
In an e-mail to the Coventry Public Colleges neighborhood, Superintendent Don Cowart stated all of their college students “have been accounted for and are secure.”
The Coventry boys’ hockey crew was enjoying on the rink on the time of the taking pictures, Cowart stated.
“An officer from the Coventry Police Division is on scene and stays with our college students,” Cowart stated. “Employees are additionally with the crew, and we’re persevering with to watch the scenario whereas reunification plans are coordinated.”
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee: “I’m praying for Pawtucket”
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said in a Facebook post that he and Pawtucket Mayor Don Grebien are monitoring the incident and that state police are working with native legislation enforcement.
“I’m praying for Pawtucket and everybody concerned,” McKee stated.
