State police said they would release the name of the Woodstock police officer involved in the exchange of fire on Wednesday. Police set up a perimeter around the scene, Trudeau said, but police thought it was possible Wilson had exited the house before the additional officers arrived, leading to a shelter-in-place order. The two officers took cover and called additional officers to respond. One of the officers saw Wilson in the doorway of the house, according to Trudeau. It was unclear at the time whether the shooter was injured. The officer was fired upon from the vicinity of the home, police said, and returned fire. The first officer to arrive at the scene found a deceased man in the driveway. Tuesday when two Woodstock police officers responded to a reported shooting outside 13 Slayton Terrace, according to the state police. Wilson’s mother, June Wilson, owns the Slayton Terrace home where the shooting took place, according to police and Woodstock property records. Both Wilson and the shooting victim were being transported to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington for autopsies. Police did not release the victim’s identity. Dan Trudeau said authorities believe Wilson shot and killed a man thought to be his mother’s friend. Courtesy Vermont State PoliceĪt a press conference Tuesday evening in Woodstock, Vermont State Police Maj. Members of the tactical services unit reported hearing a gunshot when they entered the house, according to the release. Police said Wilson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. following an hourslong effort to persuade Wilson to leave the residence, Vermont State Police said in a press release issued early Wednesday morning. Members of the Vermont State Police Tactical Services Unit discovered the body of Jay Wilson, 45, of Woodstock, while searching the house after 11 p.m. WOODSTOCK - The suspect in a fatal shooting that left the town on lockdown for hours Tuesday was found dead late that night in the downtown residence in which he had barricaded himself, authorities said. Wilson was found dead on the scene late Tuesday night. He held up a photo of Jay Wilson, 45, who is suspected in the shooting that left one man dead. Dan Trudeau, commander of the Vermont State Police criminal division, speaks to reporters outside the police station about a shooting in Woodstock on Tuesday, June 14.
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