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University Of Vermont Student Gunned Down By Man With AR-15 In Alleged Murder-Suicide
Oxygen via Yahoo NewsA University of Vermont student was shot and killed and another woman was injured by a man who broke in with an AR-15 rifle and then turned the gun on himself, authorities said.
Mikal Dixon, 27, allegedly shot and killed Kayla Noonan, 22, and another 22-year-old woman before turning the short-barrel rifle on himself, according to the Burlington Police Department. The other woman survived the shooting but remains hospitalized.
Emergency dispatchers received several calls about reports of gunfire on North Winooski Avenue — about a mile northwest of campus — on July 25 at around 2:20 a.m., according to a Burlington Police Department press release. Upon arrival, officers made contact with and spoke to one of the two shooting victims, who was on the phone with emergency dispatchers but too severely injured to come to the door.
Police ultimately broke a window in order to gain access to the dwelling. Once inside the apartment, officers found both Noonan and Dixon dead from apparent gunshot wounds. An AR-15 rifle was recovered from the scene.
The other shooting victim had been shot twice and was “very close to death,” by the time officers gained entry to the apartment, police said. The woman, identified only as “C.R.,” was rushed to hospital in critical condition. Her condition has since stabilized, according to officials.
Mikal Dixon, 27, allegedly shot and killed Kayla Noonan, 22, and another 22-year-old woman before turning the short-barrel rifle on himself, according to the Burlington Police Department. The other woman survived the shooting but remains hospitalized.
Emergency dispatchers received several calls about reports of gunfire on North Winooski Avenue — about a mile northwest of campus — on July 25 at around 2:20 a.m., according to a Burlington Police Department press release. Upon arrival, officers made contact with and spoke to one of the two shooting victims, who was on the phone with emergency dispatchers but too severely injured to come to the door.
Police ultimately broke a window in order to gain access to the dwelling. Once inside the apartment, officers found both Noonan and Dixon dead from apparent gunshot wounds. An AR-15 rifle was recovered from the scene.
The other shooting victim had been shot twice and was “very close to death,” by the time officers gained entry to the apartment, police said. The woman, identified only as “C.R.,” was rushed to hospital in critical condition. Her condition has since stabilized, according to officials.
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A nice summer day on Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT and now this? We need a blue tidal wave this
fall to root out the rot that is the GOP, the NRA, and these gun humpers.
Let me guess the shooter was a white male, MAGA, and an incel?
I hope the pther young lady makes it.
