At least two dead, including young girl, and three others in hospital after gunman opens fire at high school hockey game in Rhode Island

At least two people, including a young girl, were killed when a gunman opened fire at a high school hockey tournament in Rhode Island.

Chaos ensued at Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, about 10 minutes outside of Providence, on Monday afternoon.

An unidentified male assailant opened fire at one of the hockey games, killing a young girl and another victim.

The other 3 people were hospitalized. Their situation remains unclear.

The ice hockey players were not harmed because the clashes occurred in the stands near the spectators.

Police said the attacker died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after bullets rained into the arena. Police are not looking for any other suspects at this time.

It was not a school day because of President’s Day, which is a federal holiday. The tournament was played between two interscholastic teams.

The hockey match was between a co-operative team of Coventry and Johnston boys and St. Raphael, PCD was playing against another co-op team from North Providence and North Smithfield schools. The tournament started at 14.00.

In the live broadcast of the match circulating on social media, 12 gunshots were heard ringing out as hockey players and spectators ran to safety. Some were seen running while others were seen bending over.

Photos of the scene show parents who were evacuated to the parking lot holding their children tightly.

People are seen embracing in the parking lot after the shooting

After the armed attack in which a young girl lost her life, the police investigated the scene.

Tragic photos of the scene showed parents clutching their children as they were evacuated to the car park on Monday afternoon.

The footage also shows parents with their hands on their heads and children crying, some still wearing hockey jerseys.

A large yellow school bus was also seen parked outside the arena with several police officers blocking the scene.

Many ambulances were also seen arriving and then quickly fleeing to nearby hospitals.

One victim was seen being carried out of the arena on a stretcher.

After gunshots rang out at the indoor hockey rink, terrified children ran to a nearby Walgreens pharmacy and screamed, an employee said. WPRI.

The shooting came just two months after another gunman opened fire at Brown University, also in Rhode Island.

Assailant Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente shot 11 people. Two students, Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, lost their lives. Nine more people were injured.

Authorities said the investigation is ongoing but the attacker died

Gunshots were reportedly heard coming from the stands at the stadium on Monday afternoon.

They were at a study session at the Barus and Holley Building at the Ivy League School of Engineering when a gunman entered and opened fire.

Valente fired 40 shots, causing terror among university students.

During the ordeal in December, the entire Rhode Island community was thrown into turmoil for days as police and the FBI tried to find the suspect.

Brown canceled all remaining classes, exams, assignments, and projects for that semester and told students they could leave campus, underscoring the extent of the disruption and the seriousness of the attack.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States by area, covering only 1,214 square miles with 1.11 million residents.

The Daily Mail contacted the Pawtucket Police Department for comment.

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