New resiliency center offers free trauma support for those affected by Brown and Pawtucket shootings

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 783

Last Updated: 3 days, 12 hours ago

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Healing takes time.

For Chris Librizzi, the process remains ongoing nearly eight months after a gunman opened fire during a high school hockey game he was coaching at a Pawtucket rink, killing three people, including the shooter.

Even after his Blackstone Valley Co-op hockey team won the state championship in March, Librizzi struggled with sleep disturbances, nightmares and reliving the shooting. Loud noises also triggered intense reactions that he mistook for gunshots, …

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