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On September 21, a Vermont jury convicted Jason Eaton of attempting to murder three Palestinian American college students in Burlington on November 25, 2023. The verdict came after two hours of deliberation following a six-day trial where Eaton’s insanity defense was rejected. During the shooting, Eaton approached and fired shots at Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdal Hamid, and Tahseen Ali Ahmad without speaking to them; all survived the attack. Evidence included bullet casings and a Ruger pistol from Eaton's apartment that matched those used in the crime.
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.
A jury found Jason Eaton guilty on three counts of attempted murder on Monday for the 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American college students in Burlington, Vt.
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The jury deliberated for about 2 hours before reaching its verdict.
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The victims, Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdal Hamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, survived the shooting.
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victims → survive → shooting
Eaton sought an insanity defense but his bid was rejected by the jury.
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He was arrested the day after the Nov. 25, 2023, shooting while federal agents were searching his apartment complex.
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"Jason Eaton never disputed that he was the shooter," Elizabeth Price, Awartani's mother, told reporters after the verdict came down.
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"During the trial, we had to listen to him use hateful words to describe our sons over and over again.
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They were not the words of a man confused about who he shot or why."
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Eaton was represented by public defenders in the six-day trial.
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The survivors of the shooting all testified during the first day of the trial.
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They said they were approached by Eaton, who drew a pistol and opened fire without speaking to them.
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Bullet casings that matched ammunition that Eaton possessed in his apartment were submitted into evidence.
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A Ruger pistol that was also in Eaton's apartment was believed to be the weapon used in the shooting, a firearms expert testified.
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Eaton's attorneys argued that he was legally insane at the time of the shooting as he reported receiving messages from the CIA while listening to Vermont Public radio.
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He claims he was given orders to commit the attack on the night that it happened.
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"I was either talking to my ancestors and the divine consult or talking to an intelligence agency using an incredible AI that could come through my FM radio, through my Bluetooth headset, through my phone -- or I've had this incredible psychotic break," Eaton said in an interview recorded days after the shooting.
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