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Published November 25, 2023 at 9:44 p.m.
Three people were shot on Saturday evening on North Prospect Street, near the University of Vermont campus, according to Burlington police.
The shooting took place just before 6:30 p.m. No suspect had been identified as of 9:30 p.m.
Emergency responders took the victims to the nearby University of Vermont Medical Center for treatment. In a brief press release about the shooting, Police Chief Jon Murad did not say how severely the victims were injured.
Authorities responding to the shooting discovered two of the victims together, Murad said. The third was found at a second location "a short distance away."
Police blocked North Prospect Street in both directions between Loomis Street and Brookes Avenue. Crime scene tape extended around the back of an eight-unit apartment house. Around 8:30 p.m., an investigator was taking photos of items strewn across the building's front yard and sidewalk.
This story will be updated.
The shooting took place just before 6:30 p.m. No suspect had been identified as of 9:30 p.m.
Related Three Victims in Burlington Shooting Were of Palestinian Descent
Three Victims in Burlington Shooting Were of Palestinian Descent
Burlington police are investigating the shooting of three Palestinian men near the University of Vermont campus Saturday night as a potential hate crime, and the shooter remains at large. The three victims, all 20-year-old college students, were visiting a Burlington relative of one of the men for Thanksgiving, police said on Sunday afternoon. They were walking along North Prospect Street around 6:30 p.m. when a white man confronted them and began shooting. All three victims are "of Palestinian descent,” police said; two are American citizens and one is a legal resident.
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Authorities responding to the shooting discovered two of the victims together, Murad said. The third was found at a second location "a short distance away."
Police blocked North Prospect Street in both directions between Loomis Street and Brookes Avenue. Crime scene tape extended around the back of an eight-unit apartment house. Around 8:30 p.m., an investigator was taking photos of items strewn across the building's front yard and sidewalk.
This story will be updated.
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Derek Brouwer is a news reporter at Seven Days, focusing on law enforcement and courts. He previously worked at the Missoula Independent, a Montana alt-weekly.
Derek Brouwer is a news reporter at Seven Days, focusing on law enforcement and courts. He previously worked at the Missoula Independent, a Montana alt-weekly.
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