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Vermont man dies after fight breaks out at middle school basketball game – WPTZ
Vermont State Police say multiple spectators were involved in the incident at the basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
Vermont State Police say multiple spectators were involved in the incident at the basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
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Vermont State Police say multiple spectators were involved in the incident at the basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
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Vermont State Police are investigating a man’s death following a fight at a basketball game on Tuesday night.
Police responded to the Alburgh Community Education Center on Champlain Street at 6:56 p.m. for a report of a large fight involving multiple spectators.
This happened during a seventh-eighth grade boys basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
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When police got there, the fight was over and most of the spectators involved had left the scene.
Police said one man, 60-year-old Russell Giroux of Alburgh, who was involved in the fight, needed medical attention.
Detectives have learned that Mr. Giroux had left the school and was driving in the direction of his home when he stopped his car and called first responders.
Giroux was taken to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. He later died at the hospital. Police have not revealed how Giroux was injured in the incident.
The Grand Isle Supervisory Union released a statement about the incident on Wednesday afternoon.
Giroux’s body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The cause and manner of death are listed as pending further investigation, including toxicology testing and ongoing work by the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations detectives assigned to the case.
This is an active and ongoing investigation.
VSP is asking if anyone was involved in the fight, or who has any information, to give them a call at the Saint Albans Barracks, 802-524-5993. You can also submit any anonymous tip online.
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