Jury Convicts Vermont Man in Burlington Shootings Targeting Palestinian Students

A Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton, 51, of attempted murder for the November 2023 shooting near the University of Vermont that left Hisham Awartani paralyzed and wounded Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid; rejecting his insanity defense that he acted on orders from the CIA and Mossad, Eaton faces up to life in prison with sentencing pending. The victims’ families described the act as a hate crime and expressed relief at accountability, while no hate crime charges were filed and psychiatric testimony was presented during the week-long trial.