Shocking video shows the moment high school hockey players were forced to flee for their lives after a gunman opened fire at an ice rink in Rhode Island on Monday, killing two people.

A livestream of the game circulating on social media showed players starting to duck down on the sidelines after about six shots rang out, while others who were on the ice scrambled to reach the sidelines and get to safety at the Dennis M Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, about 10 minutes outside of Providence.

After a total of about a dozen shots were fired, some hockey players were also seen jumping onto the ice and racing to the back of the rink, while spectators could be heard screaming and crying.

Two spectators were killed in the tragedy, in what authorities are now saying stemmed from a ‘family dispute.’

Three others were also rushed to the hospital in critical condition. 

Hockey players on the ice were not harmed as the shooting occurred in the stands near spectators. 

Police said that the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after raining bullets in the arena. Authorities are not looking for any other suspects at this time. 

One hockey player described the chaos he felt when the gunman opened fire in the middle of the match in an interview with WJAR.

Hockey players were seen ducking down on the sidelines after an unidentified gunman opened fire at a high school game in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on Monday

After about a dozen shots were fired, the hockey players were seen racing to the back of the Dennis M Lynch Arena

Two people were killed in the tragedy, which authorities said stemmed from a ‘family dispute’ 

‘I was on the ice and I thought it was balloons at first – it was like “bop, bop,” and I thought it was balloons, but this kept going – and it was actually gunshots,’ he recounted.

‘And after the gunshots, me and my teammates ran right to the locker room and we just bunkered up and we pressed against the door and we tried to stay safe down there.

‘But it was very scary, we were very nervous.’ 

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.