Source:	Date: 2020
'VT Gun Incident':
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 8/21/2020	Town: Rockingham
VT Resident?: Yes	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: Unknown
Event Type: Arson/Suicide	Firearm Crime: N/A
Injury Type: Death
Actual Gun Use: yes	Gun Actually Fired: yes
Domestic Violence:	Suicide: Yes
Details: CASE#: 20B103890 DATE/TIME: 08/21/2020 at 1548 hours INCIDENT LOCATION: 75 Parker Hill Rd., Rockingham INCIDENT: Death investigation, structure fire SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Vermont State Police is investigating an incident that occurred Friday afternoon, Aug. 21, 2020, involving a structure fire and subsequent death in the town of Rockingham. Police were notified at 3:48 p.m. Friday of a fire in a barn at 75 Parker Hill Rd., and also received reports that a man possibly connected to the fire was armed inside a home adjacent to the barn. Troopers, first responders and firefighters responded to the scene. Troopers secured the scene, and a subsequent search of the home located a man deceased in a bedroom from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The man is identified as Jeffrey Burkert, 58, a resident of the home. His body will be taken to the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death. The incident is under investigation by detectives with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations. The barn was destroyed by the fire, which is uBurkert.nder investigation by the Vermont State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit. Preliminary investigation indicates the cause of the fire is suspicious. There is no indication of any threat to public safety. No other injuries were reported. The Bennington Banner described the scene must differently. The Banner said that more than a dozen heavily armed troopers were stationed in the woods as the fire fighters attempted to put out the fire from a distance. They described it as a stand-off, yet the VSP report mentions only ONE gunshot, and that one apparently ended the life of Mr. Burkert.
NO law will prevent crime. No law will stop criminals from getting guns. Gun Control only effects the law-abiding citizen and the politicians know it.
News Articles
Source 1: 8/21/2020: Westminster Barracks / Death investigation, structure fire
Source 2: 8/21/2020: Gunman in Rockingham sets barn on fire, ends in suicide
Source 3: Incident: 8-21-2020 Vermont Bellows Falls (Rockingham) 1-0
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