St. Johnsbury, Vermont, suspicious death under investigation – NECN

Vermont State Police and St. Johnsbury Police are investigating a suspicious death reported late Monday evening in St. Johnsbury.

State police said the investigation began around 11:15 p.m. Monday when police received a 911 call about a shooting at a home on Summer Street. St. Johnsbury officers responded and found a man dead at the scene. State police were then called in to lead the investigation.

St. Johnsbury, a town of about 7,300 residents, is located in Caledonia County in northern Vermont near the New Hampshire border.

State police said their initial investigation indicates the death was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public.

The identity of the victim is not yet known. State police said the body will be taken to the state medical examiner’s office in Burlington, where an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death and to assist in positive identification.

Further details were initially not known. Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call State Police at 802-748-3111 or submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.