Man Charged In Shooting Of VT Palestinian Students

The Burlington Free Press reports:

Burlington police have arrested a 48-year-old man for shooting three 20-year-olds on North Prospect Street Saturday. Burlington resident Jason J. Eaton is the suspect of shooting the three men of Palestinian descent at about 6:25 on Saturday, according to police. The three victims are college students who were visiting the home of one victim’s relatives in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to police.

Eaton is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, Nov. 27. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies worked together on the investigation. While walking on Prospect Street Saturday, the three men were “confronted by a white male with a handgun,” police said. “The three young male victims, each of whom is 20 years old, remain under medical care,” police said in a statement released Sunday afternoon. “Two are stable, while one has sustained much more serious injuries.”

Read the full article. Two of the victims are US citizens and the third is a legal US resident.

Burlington resident Jason J. Eaton is the suspect of shooting the three men of Palestinian descent at about 6:25 on Saturday, according to police. https://t.co/fIpnwRfEax

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