Hartford man shot dead in upstate Vermont home near Canadian border, police say

Authorities have identified a Hartford man as the victim of a weekend homicide in a tiny Vermont town just south of the Canadian border. Wilmer Rodriguez, 27, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Vermont Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled. Investigators believe the shooting was a "targeted, isolated event," Vermont State Police said in a news release identifying Rodriguez as the victim. No arrests have been made. State police said the killing happened inside a home on Farrar Road in Newport Town, a small rural community of about 1,500...