By Mike Donoghue
Vermont News First

A Burlington police officer is facing two counts of reckless endangerment stemming from an Aug. 10, 2025 city shooting in which nobody was injured, Vermont State Police said Thursday evening.

Jeffrey Baur, 34, of St. Albans is due for arraignment Friday in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington, state police said.

After the shooting he was placed on paid administrative leave, per standard procedure. Baur was later switched to working desk duty until Thursday and will transition to paid administrative leave starting Friday, Interim Burlington Police Chief Shawn Burke told Vermont News First.

The shooting occurred when Burlington Police received a report of a disturbance involving a man and woman arguing near North Prospect Street and Colonial Drive at about 12:40 a.m.

Responding Burlington officers were searching for a vehicle in connection with the call and later located it near 16 Prospect Hill. During the interaction, Officer Baur fired his service weapon in the direction of the unidentified driver in the vehicle, which was parked near the home of Mark Kaplan, a Burlington lawyer and former state legislator and city alderman.

State police said the victims were a 17 year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl at the time of the incident.  Police said they do not plan to release the names of the victims.

Following standard protocol, the State Police was asked to take the lead on the investigation into the officer-involved shooting.

State Police investigated the early Sunday morning incident and forwarded the case to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office for review.  The AG’s office directed police to order Baur into criminal court on the two charges.

Baur reported to the state police barracks in Williston on Thursday where he was processed and released with his court citation. Detective Lt. Eric Albright said in a news release.

Officer Baur has served with the Burlington Police Department since 2022 and is currently assigned to the Uniform Services Bureau. He graduated from the Vermont Police Academy in 2017 and previously served with the Colchester Police and the Manchester, N.H. Police.

Baur was one of three off-duty Burlington public safety employees caught driving upwards to 100 miles per hour on motorcycles in a 35-mph zone in St. Albans in October 2023.

Jeffrey Baur, then 32, of Swanton pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent operation as he was about to go on trial in St. Albans, court records show.  Judge Alison Arms imposed a $300 fine for the Oct. 19, 2023 incident and Baur was expected to lose his driver’s license for 30 days.

Franklin County State’s Attorney Bram Kranichfeld said the offer to resolve the case was standard for a first time offender.

Burlington Police Officer Brady McGee, 30, and Burlington Firefighter Joshua Porter, 25, were the other two motorcyclists involved last fall in the reckless driving case, according to Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.