<p class="speakable">A man who tackled a shooter during a deadly shooting at a high school hockey game in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/rhode-island" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Pawtucket, Rhode Island</a>, said his first instinct was to tell his wife to run before he "went for the gun." </p><p class="speakable">Michael Black, who was in the bleachers supporting a friend’s son, said in <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/pawtucket-hockey-shooting-bystander-tackles-gunman/70395977" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><u>an interview with WCVB 5</u></a> that he initially mistook the first two shots for balloons popping before realizing the sound was gunfire.</p><p>"I heard another popping and recognized it was not a balloon," Black recalled.</p><p>He told the ABC affiliate that he instructed his wife and a friend to run before standing on the bleachers and lunging toward the shooter.</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>"I just grabbed, went for the gun and I got my hand caught," he said.</p><p>Black explained that his left hand became lodged in the chamber of the weapon, preventing it from firing again as other bystanders rushed in to help restrain the individual.</p><p>"They’re trying to tackle him. And then he fell down, and he fell right towards me. So he was on his back," Black said.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-ice-rink-shooting-victims-confirmed-shooters-daughter-alleges-vendetta-against-family" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>RHODE ISLAND ICE RINK SHOOTING VICTIMS CONFIRMED AS SHOOTER'S DAUGHTER ALLEGES 'VENDETTA' AGAINST FAMILY</strong></a></p><p>During the struggle, additional loaded magazines fell from the suspect. He added that the suspect pulled out a second firearm and turned it on himself.</p><p>Black later handed one of the guns to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" rel="noopener" target="_blank">responding officers</a> and praised emergency crews and hospital staff who treated the injuries to his hand. He said he was also burned on the face by a shell casing ejected during the initial gunfire.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-ice-rink-shooting-suspects-gender-identity-source-past-family-conflict-docs" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Police identified the suspected shooter</a> during a Tuesday press conference as Robert Dorgan, 56, who also went by the name Roberta Esposito.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/survivors-rhode-island-hockey-game-shooting-fighting-lives-gunman-kills-ex-wife-son" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>SURVIVORS IN RHODE ISLAND HOCKEY GAME SHOOTING 'FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES' AFTER GUNMAN KILLS EX-WIFE, SON</strong></a></p><p>Authorities said Dorgan fatally shot his ex-wife, Rhonda and their adult son, Aidan, who later died after being transported to the hospital. </p><p>Three others — Linda and Gerald Dorgan, Rhonda’s parents, and family friend Thomas Geruso — were hospitalized in critical condition.</p><p>Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves described Black as a "good Samaritan," saying his intervention likely helped stop the violence. </p><p>"A good Samaritan stepped in and interjected in the scene, and that's probably what led to a swift end of this tragic event," Goncalves said, according to WCVB 5.</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>Black, however, rejected being labeled a hero.</p><p>"That’s not the right definition for me," he said. "There’s heroes in my life, and I would definitely not put that definition towards myself."</p>