Editor’s note: The video above is from a previous broadcastInvestigators with Vermont State Police have made an arrest in connection with a fatal shooting that happened in the state’s Northeast Kingdom last week. Police said 48-year-old Darryl Johnson, of Greensboro, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder Friday afternoon. The arrest comes more than a week after authorities said he fatally shot another person on his property. A court has ordered Johnson be held for lack of $100,000 bail. His arraignment is slated for Monday afternoon, at which point documents outlining probable cause for the arrest will be made public. Johnson is accused of shooting 27-year-old Robert Chaplin, of East Hardwick, several times on Oct. 20 outside of the home on Eligo Lake Road. Roughly 90 minutes before the shooting, according to police, Chaplin had walked into the Kwik Stop approximately five miles south of the home. Investigators said a clerk at the store called police to report that Chaplain was denied service while attempting to buy alcohol “because he was deemed too intoxicated.”Johnson allegedly intervened in a dispute between Chaplin and the clerk.At approximately 7:20 p.m., Chaplin arrived at Johnson’s home. Authorities said an “altercation” began outside the residence during which Johnson shot a handgun, striking Chaplin in the arm and chest. Chaplin was brought to Copley Hospital in Morrisville, where he was pronounced dead.An autopsy completed at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington confirmed the manner of death as a homicide.Details on the case have raised questions about the possibility of self-defense, though police have not publicly commented on that possibility. “If it’s on private property and someone is trying to invade the property, that would be a factual consideration for them,” Burlington-based attorney Jerry O’Neill said when asked about the case.
Editor’s note: The video above is from a previous broadcast
Investigators with Vermont State Police have made an arrest in connection with a fatal shooting that happened in the state’s Northeast Kingdom last week.
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Police said 48-year-old Darryl Johnson, of Greensboro, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder Friday afternoon. The arrest comes more than a week after authorities said he fatally shot another person on his property.
A court has ordered Johnson be held for lack of $100,000 bail. His arraignment is slated for Monday afternoon, at which point documents outlining probable cause for the arrest will be made public.
Johnson is accused of shooting 27-year-old Robert Chaplin, of East Hardwick, several times on Oct. 20 outside of the home on Eligo Lake Road.
Roughly 90 minutes before the shooting, according to police, Chaplin had walked into the Kwik Stop approximately five miles south of the home. Investigators said a clerk at the store called police to report that Chaplain was denied service while attempting to buy alcohol “because he was deemed too intoxicated.”
Johnson allegedly intervened in a dispute between Chaplin and the clerk.
At approximately 7:20 p.m., Chaplin arrived at Johnson’s home. Authorities said an “altercation” began outside the residence during which Johnson shot a handgun, striking Chaplin in the arm and chest.
Chaplin was brought to Copley Hospital in Morrisville, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy completed at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington confirmed the manner of death as a homicide.
Details on the case have raised questions about the possibility of self-defense, though police have not publicly commented on that possibility.
“If it’s on private property and someone is trying to invade the property, that would be a factual consideration for them,” Burlington-based attorney Jerry O’Neill said when asked about the case.
