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Jason Eaton has been convicted by a jury of attempted murder for the November 25, 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American students in Burlington, Vermont. The victims—Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad, and Kinnan Abdalhamid—were all 20 years old at the time; Awartani was left paralyzed from the waist down while Aliahmad and Abdalhamid were wounded but survived. Eaton faces a potential sentence of life without parole, with a minimum term of 20 years for each count. The trial rejected Eaton's insanity defense based on his claims that he had been ordered to carry out the shooting by US and Israeli intelligence agencies through radio communications and divine intervention.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-22,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In November 2023, Jason Eaton, a 51-year-old man in Burlington, Vermont, shot and severely injured three Palestinian American college students—Hisham Awartani, who was left paralyzed from the waist down; Tahseen Aliahmad, and Kinnan Abdalhamid. The victims were walking near the University of Vermont campus when Eaton approached them with a gun and opened fire without speaking, hitting all three.
Eaton admitted to carrying out the attack but claimed he was acting under orders from U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies during a psychotic episode. He argued an insanity defense, which the jury rejected after several hours of deliberation following a week-long trial in Chittenden Superior Court.
The conviction on three counts of attempted second-degree murder means Eaton faces up to life imprisonment with a presumptive minimum sentence of 20 years for each count. The victims, who had grown up together in the West Bank before moving to the U.S., testified about how their peaceful walk ended in violence.
Written for “Vermont School Shooting Trial” on 2026-10-08,
grounded in this article and the 5 other(s) covering the same event.
Man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont
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A man was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the late 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American students in Vermont, two of whom were wounded and one was left paralyzed from the waist down, prosecutors said on Monday.
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Jason Eaton was found guilty on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for the shootings of Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid on November 25, 2023, in Burlington, Vermont, prosecutor Sarah George, the Chittenden County state's attorney, said in a statement.
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The conviction rejected Eaton's insanity defense and he will be sentenced at a later time, George said.
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A jury trial commenced in the Chittenden Superior Court a week ago and lasted till Monday.
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Eaton faces a sentence of up to life without parole, with a presumptive minimum term of 20 years to serve on each count, George said.
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The three Palestinian American students, who grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, were walking in Burlington when Eaton approached and shot them, prosecutors and police said.
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Awartani was paralyzed from the chest down and now lives with paraplegia, his family said.
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Aliahmad was struck in the chest and Abdalhamid was struck in the glute while running away, according to prosecutors.
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Aliahmad and Abdalhamid were visiting Awartani's grandmother over a Thanksgiving break from school.
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All three were 20 at the time and wore black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarves while conversing in a mix of English and Arabic when the gunman confronted them, prosecutors said.
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Their families said on Monday justice "has been rendered" and that they feel relief.
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Though Eaton pleaded not guilty, he did not dispute being the shooter.
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His legal team said he should not be found guilty due to insanity, referring to his claims that US and Israeli intelligence ordered him to carry out the shooting through radio and that God asked him to protect Jewish neighbors.
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US rights advocates have noted rising anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bias since the start of US ally Israel's devastating assault on Gaza following a deadly October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Some fatal incidents that have sparked alarm include a 2023 deadly stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American child in Illinois whose killer was sentenced to 53 years in prison and died in custody, and a 2026 San Diego mosque shooting that left five dead, including two teenage suspects.
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