The students were walking on Prospect Street while visiting a relative in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday when „they were confronted by a white man with a handgun,“ says the release. „Without speaking, he discharged at least four rounds from the pistol and is believed to have fled on foot,“ police said. Police said that two of the victims are US citizens and one is a legal resident.
Three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday evening, according to police.
The 20-year-old men are all receiving medical care, according to a Sunday police news release. “Two are stable, while one has sustained much more serious injuries.”
The students were walking on Prospect Street while visiting a relative in Burlington for the Thanksgiving holiday when “they were confronted by a white man with a handgun,” says the release.
“Without speaking, he discharged at least four rounds from the pistol and is believed to have fled on foot,” police said.
Police said that two of the victims are US citizens and one is a legal resident.
Two of the three students were wearing keffiyehs, traditional Palestinian scarves, according to the police department. Two were shot in the torso and one in the “lower extremities.”
Authorities said that “there is no additional information to suggest the suspect’s motive.
