Five generations of Dorgans.
\[ \boxed { \begin{array} {c|c} {} \rlap{\text{Edward F. (1893) + Eva C. (1903)}} \\ \text{Raymond C. (1928)} & \text{Robert J. (1943)} \\ \text{Gerald L. + Linda} & \text{Robert Kevin (aka Roberta Esposito, shooter) (1970)} \\ \text{Rhonda Lee} & \\ \text{Aidan} & \\ \end{array} } \]
Family dats is from
https://www.providencejournal.com/live-story/news/crime/2026/02/17/pawtucket-shooting-suspect-identified-robert-dorgan-roberta-esposito-how-many-killed-and-injured/88715579007/#glc88726296007
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The three others who were critically injured were Rhonda's parents, Linda and Gerald Dorgan, as well as a family friend Thomas Geruso.
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Why both families have the last name Dorgan
Eryn Dion
Both the Pawtucket ice rink shooter, Robert Dorgan (who also went by Roberta),
and one of their victims, Rhonda Dorgan,
had the same last name before they were married in 1992, court records show.
This is because they are first cousins, once removed.
The 1950 U.S. Census for the state of Rhode Island lays out the family dynamic.
It lists the family of Edward F. Dorgan, 57, and his wife, Eva C. Dorgan, 47, living on Farnum Pike in Smithfield.
Among others living with them were two sons:
Raymond C. Dorgan, 22, and Robert J. Dorgan, 7, at the time of the Census.
The Robert J. Dorgan in the 1950 census was the father of shooter Robert Kevin Dorgan, also called Roberta.
Meanwhile, Raymond C. Dorgan, fathered Gerald L. Dorgan, who, with his wife, Linda Dorgan, are in critical condition after the shooting.
Their daughter was Rhonda Lee Dorgan, who married and then divorced the shooter.
That means Edward F. Dorgan is the shooter's grandfather and Rhonda Lee’s great-grandfather.
Looked at it another way, Rhonda’s grandfather is the shooter's uncle.
