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A bystander’s split-second decision to confront the shooter at a Rhode Island high school hockey game is being credited with saving many lives.
Michael Black was watching the game in Pawtucket when authorities say Robert Dorgan, also known as Roberta Esposito, opened fire. Black explained the difficult time he chose to run away from danger.
“I told my wife to ‘run, run.’ He was sitting next to me and some friends and then he left and I was left,” Black said on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday.
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Police stand outside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, after a shooting Monday left two people dead and three others injured in what authorities described as a family dispute. On the right is Robert Dorgan, identified by police as the suspect, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images; X/@VerdadEsPoder)
Black was attending the game with his friends when he heard several gunshots, which he believed were balloons exploding first. Then he saw someone pointing a gun at a nearby family.
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“I got a clear angle on the shooter and I jumped on the fourth step and jumped him with my left hand,” said Black.
Black explained, putting his hand on the gun so that it wouldn’t fire. Others who were present called them “heroes” and jumped to help the suspect, but he was able to get a second gun.
Police and emergency vehicles outside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena after a shooting in Pawtucket, RI, Monday in a drone photo. (CJ Gunther/Reuters)
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“He fell at my feet, we looked at each other directly. His face was very worried, he put his hand in his left pocket and took out another gun and shot himself,” he added.
Authorities have confirmed that the gunman’s ex-wife and her son were killed in the incident while the suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. At least three others were injured in the attack.
Black said he injured his hand and needed nine stitches, but noted that authorities arrived within minutes. He said his son almost came to the game with his wife, and he said he was thankful that she was not there when the incident happened.
A separate photo shows Robert Dorgan, identified by police as the suspect in the shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and Rhonda Dorgan and her son, Aidan Dorgan, in a graduation photo. Authorities say Rhonda and Aidan were killed in the attack. (Roberta Esposito via Facebook; Rhonda Dorgan via Facebook)
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“My wife even expressed that she was worried that if my son saw me walking that way, he would have gone that way,” said Black.
Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed that the actions of a “good Samaritan” helped bring the incident to a quick end.
