Two people were killed and at least three others critically injured after a man who identifies as a woman opened fire at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves confirmed in a Monday evening press conference that Robert Dorgan, who goes by the name Roberta Esposito, killed himself after what she said was likely a targeted shooting stemming from a family dispute. A clip circulating on social media appears to show Dorgan’s daughter leaving a police station and telling reporters that her father “shot my family” and “he’s dead now.” The woman added that Dorgan “has mental health issues,” and “was very sick.” Court records from 2020 confirm that Dorgan had undergone gender reassignment surgery. Dorgan claimed to North Providence Police at the time that his father-in-law attempted to throw him out of the house following his surgery. Around that time, Dorgan’s wife filed for divorce, initially citing “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits” as the reason before crossing them out and writing “irreconcilable differences.” Authorities have not publicly identified the victims, nor have they confirmed the precise relationships involved in the apparent family dispute. Police have also not released information about the weapon used. This is the latest shooting perpetrated by a transgender-identifying attacker. Earlier this month, a man who identified as a woman and wore a dress killed 10 people at a Canadian school. Transgender-identifying shooters perpetrated deadly attacks on schools in Nashville in 2023 and in Minneapolis in 2025. The latter attack was the subject of the last question Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was asked when he was assassinated in September. Kirk’s killer, Tyler Robinson, was, at the time of the attack, living with his “transgender partner,” a man named Lance Twiggs, who identifies as a woman. As The Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan reported this week, though the Trump administration was reportedly considering a ban on gun ownership for transgender-identifying people in the wake of the Minneapolis shooting, that ban has seemingly stalled. A source familiar with the Trump administration’s thinking said that the topic is not something that they have heard discussed since The Daily Wire’s original reporting in September. Monday’s shooting occurred at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena during a game involving multiple high school teams. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said the suspected gunman is also dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Federal authorities, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, responded to assist state and local law enforcement at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena on Monday. Police said shots were fired inside the arena while spectators and players were present for what had been scheduled as a senior night celebration for the Blackstone Valley Schools cooperative hockey team. “You don’t know what’s going on at first,” Melissa Dunn, the mother of one player, told reporters. “You just hear the loud noises … then you realize something is very wrong.” A player who was on the ice at the time said multiple shots were fired and that players ran to the locker room for safety. “We pressed against the door and just tried to stay safe,” he said. “It was very scary.” Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien called the shooting “a terrible tragedy” and said the city is working closely with law enforcement and the Rhode Island attorney general’s office. “What should have been a joyful occasion … was instead marked by violence and fear,” Grebien said. “Tonight, Pawtucket is a city in mourning.”

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Mao Sugiyama “Please retweet. I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen… I will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.” That was the tweet Tokyo illustrator Mao Sugiyama sent out in 2012 after he received elective genital-removal surgery (“gender nullification”). Sugiyama had the surgery on his 22nd birthday, then had his genitals frozen and doubled bagged. Two months later, he held a banquet complete with musical entertainment, a panel, and lastly, the main course which was served with a button mushroom garnish. Mao Sugiyama Prepares An Artistic Banquet Mao Sugiyama considered eating the genitals himself but decided to make, what he called, an artistic statement instead. A self-described asexual, Sugiyama believed he didn’t need them to accomplish his work. After the amount of attention the announcement garnered, Sugiyama turned the event into a public banquet, calling it “Ham Cybele — Century Banquet.” Cybele refers to the Anatolian mother goddess who embodies the bounty of the earth and, unlike the American word, ham in Japan refers more generally to processed meat. HC is also Sugiyama’s artist nickname, while century is a Japanese homophone for the word genitals. Sugiyama said he’d gone on a one-month sex binge before the operation to make sure he wouldn’t regret it, but was tested after and was found free of any venereal diseases. Still, the guests had to sign a waiver stating he wasn’t responsible if they got sick off of his “meal.” The Event And Its Guests Around 70 people showed up for the banquet, held at an event space in the Suginami ward of Tokyo. Sugiyama, wearing a chef’s outfit, seasoned and braised the genitals himself on a portable gas cartridge burner. Five diners paid $250 a plate for the “special” meal, while other attendees ate beef and crocodile meat. YouTubeAn image of the banquet. The five people who shelled up the money included a curious couple, a male manga artist, a 22-year old woman, and an event planner. All were between the ages of 22 and 32. Before dinner was served, the guests listened to a panel discussion and a piano recital. Photos of the prepared meal showed a sliced penis, a sliced testicle, and scrotal skin with three millimeters of pubic hair. For garnish: parsley and button mushrooms. YouTubeThe meal of Mao Sugiyama’s genitals. Unfortunately for the diners, the meal was underwhelming, with some describing the penis as having a rubbery texture and bland taste. When Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats J. Kenji Lopez-Alt read about the less-than-satisfying entrée, he wrote to CalorieLab saying, “The chef didn’t cook it right. What a waste of a perfectly good penis! Penis is pretty tough and needs to be slow cooked, either sous-vide or in a braise.” The Legal Ramifications At the time, Mao Sugiyama made a joke that removing his genitals lowered the chances of him ever being charged with “indecent exposure.” Unfortunately for Sugiyama, the banquet was considered just that. Many concerned citizens complained to the Suginami police. “Many residents of Suginami and elsewhere have expressed a sense of discomfort and feeling of apprehension over this,” said the mayor. The Tokyo district public prosecutors’ office received criminal papers against Mao Sugiyama and three others involved with organizing the event. Part of the meal. Since cannibalism isn’t illegal in Japan, Sugiyama couldn’t be arrested for serving his genitals. However, an indecent exposure charge could result in two years of jail time and a fine up to 2.5 million yen, or $32,000 dollars. Four suspects conspired to “openly display the severed male genitals to the assembled 71 guests,” said a spokeswoman for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Mao Sugiyama said that the indecent exposure charge didn’t apply since everyone in attendance knew exactly what the event was about. Sugiyama also made sure he didn’t violate any laws, including a ban on organ sales, processing of medical waste and food sanitation requirements. He maintained that the event was artistically motivated, designed to raise awareness on “sexual minorities, x-gender, asexual people.” Media attention eventually dwindled and the charges were reportedly dropped in February 2013. Next read about the artists who cannibalized themselves during a livestream. Then read about Issei Sagawa, another Japanese man very interested in cannibalism. The post The Bizarre Story Of Mao Sugiyama, The Japanese Artist Who Made A Meal Of His Genitals appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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