Pawtucket, Rhode Island ice rink shooter Robert Dorgan (aka “Roberta Esposito”) posted on X the day before the massacre telling Alex Jones “don’t wonder why trans ppl go fkn BERSERK” — then shot his own family at a hockey game
vertigonex on February 17, 2026 3:33 am Relevant paragraph buried in the story, for obvious reasons: >Goncalves later said the shooter, born in 1969, was born as Robert Dorgan, but also uses the name Roberta and the surname Esposito.
ilysioidapinglw13 on February 17, 2026 3:50 am People on Twitter seem to have found their account based off the news. It appears they’re a big fan of an anti-Trump podcaster and Thomas Massie. [https://x.com/PatriotVerity/status/2023570833663295947](https://x.com/PatriotVerity/status/2023570833663295947) [https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/2023587602524217572](https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/2023587602524217572)
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Relevant paragraph buried in the story, for obvious reasons:
>Goncalves later said the shooter, born in 1969, was born as Robert Dorgan, but also uses the name Roberta and the surname Esposito.
People on Twitter seem to have found their account based off the news. It appears they’re a big fan of an anti-Trump podcaster and Thomas Massie.
[https://x.com/PatriotVerity/status/2023570833663295947](https://x.com/PatriotVerity/status/2023570833663295947)
[https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/2023587602524217572](https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/2023587602524217572)
Another one of those