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- Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad at the scene
Updated on May 1, 2023.
A man who had been shot in the chest was found on a downtown Burlington sidewalk just before noon on Saturday, according to police.
Police believe the wounded man, in his forties, was shot inside an apartment before he was discovered around 11:45 a.m. at the intersection of Church and Main streets, outside of Manhattan Pizza & Pub.
Moments after the victim was taken away in an ambulance, police officers, carrying long guns and a shield, entered a doorway at 165 Main Street, adjacent to and in the same building as Manhattan Pizza.
Despite the large number of police cruisers, fire trucks and ambulances, traffic continued to move through the busy intersection as some pedestrians looked on. Police were asking some of them if they had heard gunshots. Across the street, a cluster of demonstrators in front of city hall chanted for an end to the war in Sudan.
Acting Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad ducked in and out of the yellow crime scene tape that wrapped the corner, consulting with officers on the scene.
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- Officers enter 165 Main Street
"The investigation into this incident is in its earliest stages," Murad said in a preliminary press release about the shooting.
On Monday, police said the wounded man was still in the hospital but in stable condition.
Police released no information about a suspect or the circumstances of the shooting.
It's the second shooting in the city this year. The city had a record number of gunfire incidents in 2022.