Vermont man convicted of attempted murder of three Palestinian students
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Summary
A Vermont man named Jason Eaton was found guilty of trying to kill three Palestinian college students in a 2023 shooting near the University of Vermont. The jury rejected his claim that he was insane and acting on secret orders, and Eaton now faces up to life in prison.Key Facts
- Jason Eaton, 51, was convicted of attempted murder for shooting three Palestinian students in November 2023.
- The attack left Hisham Awartani paralyzed from the waist down and injured two others, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid.
- Eaton claimed he was ordered to shoot by the CIA and Mossad through radio messages and said God told him to protect his Jewish neighbors.
- His lawyers argued insanity, but the jury did not accept this defense.
- The shooting happened near the University of Vermont campus in Burlington.
- The families of the victims said Eaton’s attack was motivated by hate and called it a hate crime.
- No official hate crime charges were filed in the case.
- The survivors have spent three years recovering from their injuries.
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