Rhode Island Ice Rink Shooting Exposes Security Failures and Raises Questions About Public Safety

In an unsettling reminder of how vulnerable everyday Americans remain to violent acts on their own soil, a shooting erupted Monday afternoon during a youth hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Two adults were killed and three others injured before the attack was abruptly halted — not by law enforcement or security protocols, but by an unnamed Good Samaritan who stepped up to end the chaos. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed that the shooter, identified as Robert Dorgan (also known as Roberta Esposito), died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Yet many questions...