The former Bath Iron Works employee who opened fire on his own family at a Rhode Island hockey game had undergone a sex change.
That’s according to the New York Post, which says Robert Dorgan’s wife filed for divorce after he began transitioning to a different gender.
Dorgan, who also goes by his new name, Roberta Esposito, allegedly killed his son and his wife at a high school hockey game Monday.
Rhonda Dorgan filed for divorce in 2020, citing her husband’s unhinged personality and his “gender reassignment surgery,” the Post reports.
Police haven’t yet released the victims’ names.
But the family confirmed in a GoFundMe page that the shooter’s ex-wife and the couple’s son, Aidan Dorgan, were those killed when he opened fire at a Pawtucket ice rink.
A second son was on the rink playing hockey as the shooting unfolded in the stands.
Investigators are still probing a motive for the bloodshed, but court documents show that the 56-year-old father’s transgender identity appeared to be a source of multiple family court battles in the years prior.
