Gone quiet · last update Sep 21, 2026 / Vermont

The shooting of three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

On November 25, 2023, three 20-year-old college students of Palestinian descent were shot and wounded while walking near a home in Burlington, Vermont, in an attack investigated as a possible hate crime.[1][2] Jason Eaton was charged with attempted murder,[3] and in September 2026 a jury convicted him, rejecting an insanity defense based on his claims that he had been acting on orders from US and Israeli intelligence.[4][5]

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Jason Eaton was charged with attempted murder,[3] and in September 2026 a jury convicted him, rejecting an insanity defense based on his claims that he had been acting on orders from US and Israeli intelligence.[4][5]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Nov 2023: average weekly share 21% (left 7%, center 10%, right 4%), from 2 of 2 weeksDec 2023: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 2% (left 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 5 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (5 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Sep 21, 2026128525 of 4795%
Sep 14, 202657315 of 4803%
Dec 4, 20231405 of 2172%
Nov 27, 202323281263 of 23527%
Nov 20, 2023817429 of 20114%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Sep 20, 2026 · first reported · Headline from WFMZ Allentown

    Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students

Background

The three young men were shot as they walked on a Saturday evening,[1][6] and police arrested Eaton, who lived nearby,[7] charging him with three counts of attempted second-degree murder.[3] The state's attorney, Sarah George, called it an act of hatred but said there was not yet enough evidence for a hate crime charge.[8] One victim, Hisham Awartani, was left with a bullet lodged in his spine,[9] and relatives of two of the men traveled from the West Bank.[6] At trial Eaton insisted that the CIA and Mossad had sent him messages,[5] and the jury convicted him of attempted murder.[4]

Supporting stories (9)
  1. New details emerge in shooting of students of Palestinian descent
  2. Three students of Palestinian descent shot during Thanksgiving visit in Vermont
  3. Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near the University of Vermont pleads not guilty
  4. Jury convicts Vermont man of attempted murder in shooting of 3 Palestinian students
  5. A Vermont man is on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students. He claimed the CIA told him to do it.
  6. Far away from the West Bank, Vermont shooting victims and their families endure new pain
  7. Suspect arrested in shooting of 3 Palestinian college students in Vermont, police say
  8. Was the shooting of 3 students of Palestinian descent a hate crime? What Vermont law says
  9. 1 of the 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont is paralyzed from the shooting, his mother says

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Coverage & sources

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