By Guy Page
Vermont police are investigating three weekend shootings – one fatal – in Brattleboro, Brookfield and Burlington.
Friday, August 19, a man was shot dead on Putney Road, Brattleboro police said.
“Officers arrived a little after 9 p.m. to find one male, deceased,” Brattleboro Police Chief Norma Hardy reportedly told the Brattleboro Reformer. The man was not carrying any identification, she said. It’s the second homicide in Brattleboro this summer and the first at the former Lamplighter motel, which was converted into a ‘homeless hotel’ during the pandemic and has been a source of many police incidents.
At 4 AM on Sunday, state police responded to a home on Halfway Brook Road in Brookfield for a report of a male with a gunshot wound, police say. The male was transported to UVM Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries. This incident is still under investigation, and no one is in custody. All parties are known to each other and there is no danger to the public, police claimed.
Burlington’s 22nd gun incident took place at about 10 PM Friday at the popular skate park along the city’s waterfront and bike path. One person was shot and another fled gunfire by jumping into the nearby lake. Police rescued that person from drowning, WCAX reports.
No information about the identity of the victims or shooters, or the reasons for the shooting, have been released by police.