Burlington Police are searching for the suspect involved in Sunday morning’s homicide in City Hall Park that killed a 32-year-old man.Burlington police say two shots were fired around 12:45am and a male victim was hit in the head. Authorities said the man was new to Burlington and has no criminal record in Vermont, but he does have one in Philadelphia, and he was on BPD’s radar after being involved in a drug trafficking incident. “In the course of an ongoing narcotics investigation, this individual was observed and seen by our investigators,” explained Police Chief Jon Murad. This marks the city’s 23rd gunfire incident and third homicide of the year, but police said this crime stands out.“This is an incident that we believe is different from some of the incidents that we’ve seen more recently. It does not appear to have risen from an immediate dispute which has been the pattern for a lot of our gunfire incidents,” said chief Murad. Authorities said there is no direct threat to the public, but Murad acknowledges people were out late downtown in the city on the holiday weekend. “There is always a threat to the public when people are discharging firearms in our city’s core,” he said. “This was prior to 1 a.m., it was in City Hall Park and there were lots of people in over nearby environments.”Detectives are canvassing the area for surveillance video to help with the investigation.Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to Burlington Police.
Burlington Police are searching for the suspect involved in Sunday morning’s homicide in City Hall Park that killed a 32-year-old man.
Burlington police say two shots were fired around 12:45am and a male victim was hit in the head.
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Authorities said the man was new to Burlington and has no criminal record in Vermont, but he does have one in Philadelphia, and he was on BPD’s radar after being involved in a drug trafficking incident.
“In the course of an ongoing narcotics investigation, this individual was observed and seen by our investigators,” explained Police Chief Jon Murad.
This marks the city’s 23rd gunfire incident and third homicide of the year, but police said this crime stands out.
“This is an incident that we believe is different from some of the incidents that we’ve seen more recently. It does not appear to have risen from an immediate dispute which has been the pattern for a lot of our gunfire incidents,” said chief Murad.
Authorities said there is no direct threat to the public, but Murad acknowledges people were out late downtown in the city on the holiday weekend.
“There is always a threat to the public when people are discharging firearms in our city’s core,” he said. “This was prior to 1 a.m., it was in City Hall Park and there were lots of people in over nearby environments.”
Detectives are canvassing the area for surveillance video to help with the investigation.
Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to Burlington Police.
