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Pictured: Spectator, 60, who was killed when a massive fight broke out at a middle school basketball game between seventh and eighth graders.
Authorities are investigating the death of a 60-year-old man at a high school basketball game in northern Vermont on Tuesday.
Vermont State Police were called to the Alburgh Community Education Center just after 7 pm following reports of a brawl between spectators at a home game against St Albans.
Police have not said what caused the fight between spectators and “at least” two players, nor the cause of death of spectator Russell Giroux.
A phone recording of the incident showed several people on a basketball court, being pushed, tackled and beaten. according to WCAX, a local CBS affiliate.
Russell Giroux, pictured, died in hospital after the brawl at the Alburgh school basketball game.
Police responded to the fight before 7:00 pm EST at a game between Alburgh and St. Albans.
The fight was over before the soldiers arrived and many of the participants had already left.
Russell Giroux, of Alburgh, sought medical attention, police said.
He was taken by ambulance to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, where he was later pronounced dead.
Giroux’s death is being investigated by state police and the Grand Isle State Attorney’s Office.
The Vermont Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy.
Jay Nichols, executive director of the Vermont Directors Association, said, “They were refraining the game and the next thing you knew, people were on the court hitting each other.”
‘There was a person who had blood all over his face. They got a parent to call the police.
He urged adults to behave appropriately at similar events, stressing that school basketball games are for educational purposes, not adult entertainment.
Alburgh is a city of about 2,100 people in northwestern Vermont. It is surrounded on three sides by Lake Champlain.
The northern part of the community forms part of the Canadian border.
Spectators and players broke out in a fight at a high school basketball game in Alburgh
A man later died at the hospital after the fight on the basketball court Tuesday night.
A fight at a school in rural Alburgh, Vermont, left a 60-year-old man dead as police investigate.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the fight to contact them. call det. tpr. Michael Mattuchio at St. Albans Barracks at 802-524-5993 or leave a tip anonymously online.