A brawl breaking out among fans at a middle school basketball game in northern Vermont left one man deceased. The 60-year-old man is said to have participated in the fight.
The brawl ended before police showed up and many of them had already left the venue. It all went down at Alburgh Community Education Center during a seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
The 60-year-old man was taken by ambulance to the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, where he was pronounced dead.
Jay Nichols, the executive director of the Vermont Principals’ Association, released a statement:
“Although we can not speak specifically about the events at this individual game, we would like to once again emphasize that middle and high school sports are educational and are for the benefit of the student-athletes,” he said. “Spectators that cannot behave appropriately can be barred from events and can face criminal charges.”
According to ESPN, the state police and Grand Isle state’s attorney’s office are investigating Giroux’s death. The state medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy.
