A suspect has been arrested in connection with the shooting of three U.S. college students of Palestinian descent.
Police say Hisham Awartani of Brown University, Kinnan Abdalhamid of Haverford University, and Tahseen Ahmed of Trinity University were injured during a Thanksgiving holiday gathering on Saturday near the University of Vermont campus.
One young man suffered serious injuries but the others are in stable condition. All three remain hospitalized as of Monday morning.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Jason J. Eaton, 48, while searching the shooting area in Burlington Sunday, the Burlington Police Department said in a statement.
“Without speaking, he discharged at least four rounds from the pistol and is believed to have fled,” Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a statement Sunday. “All three victims were struck, two in their torsos and one in the lower extremities.”
Police added that the shooting took place in front of Eaton’s apartment.
Two of the victims were wearing traditional scarves, or keffiyehs, worn by some in the Middle East. According to the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, the group of 20-year-olds were speaking Arabic when confronted by Eaton.
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee released a statement Sunday saying that
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