In a Burlington, Vermont courtroom, a jury has found Jason Eaton guilty of attempted murder for shooting three young Palestinian men who were simply taking an evening walk together in November 2023. The verdict, reached after a week of testimony and deliberation, rejected Eaton's claim that delusional psychosis had severed his connection to moral responsibility. One of the three men, Hisham Awartani, will carry the physical weight of that night for the rest of his life, paralyzed from the chest down — a reminder that the consequences of violence outlast any verdict.
Vermont man convicted of shooting three Palestinian students, faces life in prison
Hisham Awartani was shot in the chest and left paralyzed from the waist down; Tahseen Aliahmad was shot in the collarbone; Kinnan Abdalhamid was shot in the right buttock.