<p class="speakable">The victims' family members released a statement saying they are "deeply and profoundly affected by the recent events that took place" after a transgender gunman opened fire on his family at a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/mass-shootings" rel="noopener" target="_blank">high school hockey game</a> this week in Rhode Island.</p><p class="speakable">Robert Dorgan, 56, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-people-shot-rhode-island-ice-rink-suspect-dead-report" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>opened fire Monday inside</u></a> the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a hockey game between Coventry and Blackstone Valley schools, killing his ex-wife Rhonda Dorgan and son Aidan Dorgan, before fatally shooting himself, according to Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves.</p><p>The Dorgan family's attorneys released a statement Wednesday, as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education/parents" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rhonda's parents</a> – Linda Dorgan and Gerald Dorgan – and family friend Thomas Giarrusso remain in the hospital in critical condition.</p><p>"We are reminded that behind every headline is a family experiencing profound pain and loss," <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/family-and-friends" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the family</a> wrote. "We care greatly for all families impacted by this recent tragedy and our thoughts are with them."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/hockey-rink-shooting-suspect-warned-about-going-berserk-x-post-day-before-attack" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>HOCKEY RINK SHOOTING SUSPECT WARNED ABOUT GOING 'BERSERK' IN X POST DAY BEFORE ATTACK</strong></a></p><p>"While there are many questions being asked, please know we are focused on all of those who have been injured and whose lives have been forever changed," they added.</p><p>The Dorgan family was sitting in the bleachers during the shooting, but police said it appeared there was no conversation or confrontation between the suspect and the victims <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-details-revealed-about-seconds-before-trans-gunman-opened-fire-rhode-island-hockey-game" rel="noopener" target="_blank">before he opened fire</a>.</p><p>Authorities have not yet released a suspected motive.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/good-samaritan-describes-tackling-trans-shooter-rhode-island-ice-rink-went-gun" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>‘GOOD SAMARITAN’ DESCRIBES TACKLING TRANS SHOOTER AT RHODE ISLAND ICE RINK: ‘WENT FOR THE GUN’</strong></a></p><p>Attorneys said the family is cooperating with the appropriate authorities and agencies, and asked all questions be referred to legal spokesperson Lawrence J. Signore.</p><p>They did not comment on Robert and Rhonda's two surviving children.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>Signore's website notes he represents individuals "injured <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/crime" rel="noopener" target="_blank">due to someone else’s careless mistakes</a>."</p>

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