Police shoot man during confrontation in Burke following 2-state pursuit

The man was in critical, but stable, condition Monday afternoon with non-life-threatening injuries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to state police.

VTDigger / by Alan J. Keays / Jul 15, 2024 at 9:54 AM

Updated at 6:44 p.m.

ST. JOHNSBURY – Vermont State Police say that either one or two troopers shot a man in Burke during a confrontation late Sunday night. A wild pursuit through New Hampshire and Vermont ended with the man exiting his vehicle and firing a gun, at which point state police shot him, according to Maj. Dan Trudeau, head of the state police criminal division.

Brenden Sackal, 30, of Hopkinton, Rhode Island, was in critical, but stable condition, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to police.

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Early Sunday evening, law enforcement in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, notified law enforcement in northern Vermont and New Hampshire that Sackal, who had a warrant out for his arrest, was thought to be in the region, according to Trudeau.

The warrant pertained to the “possession of high-capacity firearm magazines,” he said, adding, “There is much more that goes with the case but that’s about all I can say for that part right now.”

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