Vermont State Police say they have apprehended a 29-year-old suspect in connection with an incident in Enosburgh on Friday morning that left one man dead and a woman hospitalized.
Police had issued a bulletin Friday morning saying they were searching for Jordan Lawyer, of Enosburgh. In an update around 11:30 a.m., they said they had located Lawyer and he had been taken into custody.
Later Friday police provided more details, saying Lawyer had been detained but that no charges have been filed at this early stage of the investigation.
State police said Lawyer was wanted in connection with an incident that began around 8:45 a.m. when they received a call for a disturbance at a home on West Enosburgh Road, also known as Route 108, near Tyler Branch Road. Responding units found one person dead outside the home. A second person was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment.
Police say Lawyer knew the victims, whose names have not yet been released. Additional information about their identities will be provided as the case unfolds and relatives are contacted.
According to police, Lawyer was apprehended at about 11:20 a.m. Friday in downtown Enosburgh. He and the black Jeep Cherokee he was driving were the subjects of a “be on the lookout” alert after he was seen fleeing the property where an alteration occurred earlier in the morning.
Law enforcement personnel including state police, the Warden Service Division of the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the U.S. Border Patrol flooded the area, and a state trooper located the Jeep on Vermont Route 105 west of Enosburgh. The vehicle, driven by Lawyer, sped off when the trooper attempted to initiate a stop, and a short pursuit ensued eastbound along Route 105.
State police said that law enforcement discontinued their pursuit as the Jeep entered Enosburgh.
Once in the central part of town, the Jeep stopped after it collided with a vehicle driven by a game warden. According to state police, troopers deployed a less-than-lethal impact round to bring Lawyer into custody.
Lawyer is undergoing evaluation and treatment of injuries at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, state police said. No other injuries were reported as a result of Friday’s incidents.
An investigation is active and ongoing. Investigators are still gathering and processing evidence, conducting interviews, and applying for a search warrant to access the property where the incident occurred.
After the scene is processed, the victim's body will be brought to the chief medical examiner's office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.
Anyone with tips that could aid investigators is asked to call Vermont State Police at 802-524-5993. Anonymous tips may be submitted online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
Enosburgh, a town of about 2,800 residents, is located in northern Vermont, not far from the Canadian border.
