Why, It's Like There's A Pattern

Would that I could put my finger on it:

A shooting during a high school hockey game at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, left three people dead, including the suspected shooter, and three others critically injured, police said.  

A WJAR News report identified the suspect as Robert Dorgan, who it said also goes by Roberta Esposito. 

The station’s reporter, citing a law enforcement source, said the suspect “dressed in women’s clothing.” 

Police have not publicly released the names of the other victims.   ...

Gunfire erupted in the early afternoon during a crowded game, sending players and spectators running for safety, authorities said. 

Police said the victims were in the stands and arena area, and no players on the ice were reported hurt.

Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the shooting appears to have been targeted and linked to a family dispute, not a random attack. 

The suspect is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and police said officers were not involved in the suspect’s death.  

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Let's not talk about any of this:

The teenager who carried out a mass shooting in British Columbia, Canada, may have intended to “finish off” her siblings, a witness said.

On Tuesday, the suspect, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, allegedly shot her mother and step-brother before entering a secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, a small mining town at the base of the Rocky Mountains.

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Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old high school dropout, carried out the second worst school shooting in Canadian history Tuesday, first slaughtering his mother and stepbrother at home and then storming into Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where he killed six people and injured 25 more before turning the gun on himself.

Jennifer Strang expressed serious concerns about the grade-schooler’s behavior more than 10 years ago, according to posts in a Facebook parent group.

“He shows intense empathy when he sees anyone hurt not by his own hand but has a devious grin when he hurts his siblings,” Strang confessed in Parent Life Network Canada in 2015, according to a screenshot shared on social media.