Vermont Man Found Guilty of Trying to Kill Three Palestinian Students

Jason Eaton, 51, was found guilty September 21, 2026 on three counts of attempted second-degree murder — trying to kill without planning ahead — for the November 2023 shooting of Palestinian college students Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid near the University of Vermont in Burlington. Awartani was left paralyzed, unable to move. Jurors decided in two hours.