BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vigils for three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot in Vermont over the weekend prompted calls for authorities to recognize the violence as a hate crime, and for unity among the Jewish and Arab communities.
One vigil was held Monday night at Brown University in Rhode Island, where one of the victims, Hisham Awartani, is a student.
Eaton moved to Burlington over the summer from Syracuse, New York, and legally purchased the gun used in the shooting, Murad told reporters.
Eaton came to the door holding his hands, palms up, and told the officers he’d been waiting for them.
Sarah George, state’s attorney, said that law enforcement officials do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime charge, which under Vermont law must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Persons:
Jason J, Eaton, General Merrick Garland, ”, Hisham Awartani, Christina Paxson, Brown, Robert Leikend, “, Awartani, Kinnan, Tahseen Ali Ahmad, Jon Murad, Abdalhamid, Murad, “ I’ve, I’ve, Rich Price, Awartani's, Rania Ma’ayeh, Ali Ahmad, Ma’ayeh, Abdalhamid’s, Radi Tamimi, we’re, he’d, Mary Reed, Matthew Malinowski, Sarah George, Holly Ramer, Kathy McCormack, Lindsay Whitehurst, David Sharp
Organizations:
U.S . Department of Justice, Hamas, Brown University, American Jewish Committee, NBC News, West Bank, Police, University of Vermont Medical Center, Ramallah Friends School, Haverford College, Trinity College in, Daily, Syracuse, Associated Press
Locations:
BURLINGTON, Vt, Vermont, Burlington, Israel, Rhode Island, Robert Leikend , New England, “, Ramallah, Brown, Pennsylvania, Trinity College in Connecticut, Syracuse , New York, U.S, Gaza, Concord , New Hampshire, Washington, Portland , Maine