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48-year-old Jason Eaton arrested after shooting 3 Palestinian students in Vermont
Vermont shooting suspect Jason J. Eaton, 48, is arrested in attack on Palestinian students Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid and Tahseen Ahmed – as cops launch hate crime investigation
Throughout the day on Sunday, November 26, 2023, investigators led by Lieutenant Michael Beliveau of the Burlington Police Department’s Detectives Services Bureau conducted a series of canvasses, interviews, and other investigatory procedures in an effort to identify, locate, and apprehend the suspect believed to have shot three 20-year-old men the previous evening.
The BPD’s detectives were augmented by a contingent of personnel from long-term partners in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with whom the BPD regularly works through the Chittenden County Gun Violence Task Force (CCGVTF).
The BPD also received outstanding assistance from agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), including victim services and computer and cellphone analysis.
On Sunday afternoon, at approximately 1538 hours, ATF agents who were conducting a canvass at the location of the shooting encountered and detained Jason J. Eaton, 48.
Vermont shooting suspect Jason J. Eaton, 48, is arrested in attack on Palestinian students Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdel Hamid and Tahseen Ahmed – as cops launch hate crime investigation.
Detectives worked with the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, and with the Chittenden County State’s Attorney, Sarah George, to complete a search warrant for Mr. Eaton’s residence in the apartment building in front of which the shooting took place.
A judge granted the search warrant and officers executed it at 2153 hours. Evidence collected during that search warrant, and additional evidence developed during the course of this investigation, gave investigators and prosecutors probable cause to believe that Mr. Eaton perpetrated the shooting.
He has been arrested and is expected to be arraigned on Monday, November 27, 2023.
Mayor Miro Weinberger will be joined by Chief of Police Jon Murad and other partners at a press conference on Monday, November 27, 2023.
The time, location, and other details will be provided later this morning.
