Vermont State Police are investigating what they are calling a "suspicious death" after a man was found shot to death inside a home in Newport Town on Saturday night.
Police said they received a call around 6:45 p.m. Saturday reporting that a man had been shot inside a home on Ferrar Road. When troopers arrived, they found a man dead at the scene.
Investigators processed the scene on Sunday, and police said the victim's body was transported to the state medical examiner's office in Burlington where an autopsy was expected to be conducted on Monday.
At a press conference Monday afternoon, Vermont State Police Major Dan Trudeau said there was not yet an update on the cause and manner of death.
Trudeau said there was "no evidence to indicate" any connection between the case and another shooting death in Wheelock.
"Newport Town, we feel as though is an isolated incident, a targeted incident type of situation," he said. "Here in Wheelock, we're still trying to get our heads around it and come up with some good leads."
No further details were released by police.
Newport Town, with a population of just over 1,500 residents, is located in far northern Vermont, right along Canadian border.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators is asked to call Vermont State Police at 802-334-8881 or submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
