A quiet college town became the backdrop for horror when an afternoon walk ended in bloodshed, leaving three childhood friends permanently altered and launching a high-stakes legal battle over mind, motive, and murder.
On Monday, 51-year-old Jason Eaton sat stoically at the defense table in a packed Chittenden County courtroom as opening arguments began in his trial. Eaton faces three counts of second-degree attempted murder for the November 2023 ambush of three Palestinian college students: Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad, and Kinnan Abdalhamid, who were all 20 at the time of the shooting.
