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Vermont police investigating fatal stabbing in Burlington
Burlington police are investigating a deadly stabbing, the fifth murder in Vermont’s largest metropolis this yr.
Officers had been known as to a Foremost Avenue pizza restaurant on Sunday at 3 a.m. and located a male sufferer bleeding closely from obvious stab wounds. The sufferer, later recognized as Abubakar Sharrif, 23, of Burlington, was pronounced lifeless on the hospital.
Whereas it was the fifth murder in Burlington this yr, it was the primary that didn’t contain gunfire.
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No arrests have been made. Burlington’s Appearing Police Chief Jon Murad mentioned detectives are persevering with to analyze the demise of Sharrif and extra data shall be launched because it turns into accessible.
Sharrif’s demise comes as police and metropolis officers are confronting a rise within the variety of taking pictures incidents within the metropolis.
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A deadly taking pictures on Luck Avenue final summer season was the primary murder within the metropolis in additional than two years, Mayor Miro Weinberger mentioned on the time.