>>>Warning: The above video contains graphic content that may upset some viewers. Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a man after a fight during a Tuesday night basketball game. Police responded to the Alburgh Community Education Center on Champlain Street at 6:56 p.m. to a report of a major fight involving several onlookers. This happened during a seventh and eighth grade boys’ basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans. Related: Man dies after fight at high school basketball game When police arrived, the fight was over and most of the spectators involved had left the scene. Police said a man, 60-year-old Russel Giroux from Alburgh, involved in the fight required medical attention. Detectives have learned that Mr. Giroux had left school and was heading toward his home when he stopped his car and called first responders. Giroux was taken to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. He later died in hospital. Police have not disclosed how Giroux was injured in the incident. The Grand Isle Supervisory Union released a statement on the incident on Wednesday afternoon. Giroux’s body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The cause and manner of death are listed as pending further investigation, including toxicology testing and work in progress by detectives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigations of the Vermont State Police assigned to the case. This is an active and ongoing investigation. VSP is asking if anyone was involved in the fight, or who has information, to call them at Saint Albans Barracks, 802-524-5993. You can also submit an anonymous tip online.
>>>Warning: The above video contains graphic content that may be shocking to some viewers.
Vermont State Police are investigating the death of a man after a fight during a Tuesday night basketball game.
Police responded to the Alburgh Community Education Center on Champlain Street at 6:56 p.m. to a report of a major fight involving several onlookers.
This happened during a seventh and eighth grade boys’ basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
Related: Man dies after fight at high school basketball game
When police arrived on the scene, the fight was over and most of the spectators involved had left the scene.
Police said a man, 60-year-old Russel Giroux from Alburgh, involved in the fight required medical attention.
Detectives have learned that Mr. Giroux had left school and was heading toward his home when he stopped his car and called first responders.
Giroux was taken to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. He later died in hospital. Police have not disclosed how Giroux was injured in the incident.
The Grand Isle Supervisory Union released a statement about the incident on Wednesday afternoon.
Giroux’s body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The cause and manner of death are listed as pending further investigation, including toxicology testing and ongoing work by detectives from the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations assigned to the case.
This is an active and ongoing investigation.
VSP is asking if anyone was involved in the fight, or who has information, to call them at Saint Albans Barracks, 802-524-5993. You can also submit an anonymous tip online.
