1 lifeless, 1 injured in doable Brookfield taking pictures

BROOKFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) – Uncomfortable, we’re a small city and you understand on earlier accounts a really secure city. By no means would have imagined one thing like this taking place.“ stated Brookfield resident Jim Merriam.

Jim Merriam is without doubt one of the many Brookfield residents that was shaken up when he heard there was a supposed taking pictures in his city.

In response to Vermont State Police at round 5:45 p.m. Friday,  a driver reported a automotive driving erratically close to the intersection of route 65 in Brookfield.

They are saying the driving force who was driving uncontrolled appeared to have been shot. The one that known as 911 helped the person get to Gifford Medical Heart in Randolph.

Police say the person then stated there was one other sufferer at a house in Brookfield the place he stated there had been a taking pictures.

Merriam says in his thirty years of residing right here, he’s by no means seen one thing like this.

“Any time you see State Police with sirens going up the street, once more that simply doesn’t occur right here. So perhaps that’s as soon as yearly you see one thing like that. However nothing to this magnitude. That is tragic for the neighborhood,” stated Merriam.

Police say at across the identical time because the incident, dispatch obtained an emergency name from an individual at 8769 Vermont route 14. Saying there was a lifeless man exterior the residence

Vermont State Police’s Main Crime unit the Bureau of Legal Investigations and Discipline Drive Division and Sufferer Companies unit all have been investigating.

The most important crime unit arrived on the scene at round 9:20 Saturday morning. They have been there all day.

Individuals who work and dwell close by say they have been shocked to listen to the information.

“I really feel worry for the neighborhood, as a result of Brookfield is a peaceable Valley. Farm households, tight knit neighborhood,” siad Barre resident Donna Moran

“Too near residence as a result of it’s simply, we shouldn’t be taking pictures one another. Particularly simply being native, we acquired issues, all people has points. The identical time, a gun shouldn’t be going to resolve that,” stated Williamstown resident Gary Cullen

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Vermont State Police are investigating a suspicious demise and doable taking pictures at a house on Vermont Route 14 in Brookfield.

Police say round 5:45 p.m. Friday, a passerby reported a automotive driving erratically close to the intersection of Route 65. The driving force appeared to have been shot. Whereas the passerby was serving to the person get to Gifford Medical Heart in Randolph, the person stated there was one other sufferer on the residence in Brookfield, the place he stated there’d been a taking pictures. The resident of that residence then additionally known as police to report a lifeless man exterior.

The injured man was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Heart. His situation is unknown.

Nobody is in custody.

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