A 40-year-old Cambridge person faces a charge of attempted murder for a shooting at a Burlington apartment complex Sunday.
Police say Tovi Rose Mesick — formerly known as Christopher Mesick — was arrested in Winooski shortly after fleeing the scene of the alleged shooting at the Salmon Run Apartments on Riverside Avenue.
According to police, dispatchers received a 911 call from the victim’s wife just after 6:30 p.m. Responding officers found the victim, 44, with a bullet wound to the chest.
Statements from witnesses and evidence at the scene allowed police to identify Mesick as the suspect.
Burlington police alerted the Winooski, Essex and University of Vermont police departments. With the help of a K-9, Winooski police arrested Mesick within a half hour of the 911 call, police said.
Firefighters transported the victim to UVM Medical Center. He was in stable condition.
According to news reports, Christopher Mesick was a U.S. Army gunner during the Iraq War and was awarded a Purple Heart.
After his discharge, he transitioned and changed her name to Tovi Rose Mesick.
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