An unidentified juvenile was shot in the chest early Sunday morning at the Andy “A_Dog” Williams Skatepark on the Burlington waterfront, according to a Burlington police press release.
He was treated for a torso wound at the University of Vermont Medical Center and has since been released from the hospital. Police subsequently took him into custody as an “out-of-state runaway” and have contacted the Vermont Department for Children and Families and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services, according to the release.
Police responded to a similar shooting in August 2022 at the skatepark.
Burlington police received word from the University of Vermont Medical Center at 4:28 a.m. on Sunday that a male with a gunshot wound to the chest had arrived in the emergency unit. Officers arrived at the hospital and went to the skatepark, where they recovered ballistics evidence, according to the press release.
The victim, a 17-year-old male from Utica, New York, was with three other people — one adult male from New York, and two young males from Vermont — who police said failed to give “forthcoming, credible accounts” when interviewed at the medical center. One of the Vermont residents was associated with previous Burlington gunfire incidents, according to the press release.
The Burlington Police Department continues to investigate the incident, the department said Monday.
