Vermont State Police announced Monday that a 15-year-old man from Springfield, Massachusetts, has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman who was found dead in her car in a St. Johnsbury parking lot last month. did.
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Police said the suspect will be charged as an adult with second-degree murder in the Jan. 23 death of Christina Chatros, 38. He is suspected of shooting Chatros during the confrontation, police said.
A 15-year-old man has been arrested and will be charged as an adult in the shooting death of a Vermont woman.
Police said Chatros, of Williamstown and Barre, died from a gunshot wound to the torso.
The boy, whose name has not been released, was arrested after the shooting on an unrelated Massachusetts warrant, police said. He was extradited to Massachusetts and remains in juvenile detention. No date has been set for his arraignment in Vermont.
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Vermont is grappling with a spike in gun violence, and both Republican Gov. Phil Scott and the Legislature say public safety is one of their top priorities.
