‘He’s not a hateful person,’ says mother of man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt.

“I don’t believe this was a hate crime,” said Mary Q. Reed, the mother of Jason J. Eaton, in a brief interview on her doorstep about an hour south of Burlington, near the shore of Lake Dunmore. SALISBURY, VT. - The mother of the Burlington, Vt., man charged with shooting three college students of Palestinian descent said Tuesday that her son wasn’t raised to harbor hatred for any group of people. She said she’s hoping for the best for the three young men who were shot and their families. “I...