A hockey game was violently interrupted Monday when the sound of gunfire echoed inside a packed ice rink in Rhode Island, leaving at least two people dead and three others injured, police said. Another person tried to disarm the shooter in the stands, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said on social media. Hockey parents and a player speak to a police officer outside of the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, after a shooting at the ice rink, Monday, February. The three injured people are in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital with gunshot wounds, the hospital system said. A woman reacts near the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, after a shooting at the ice rink, Monday, Februtary 16, 2026.

Source: CNN February 16, 2026 22:11 UTC