Vermont State Police: Man dead after fight at boys basketball game - WCAX

ALBURGH, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont State Police are investigating after a man died following a fight at a boys basketball game.

It happened Tuesday at the Alburgh Community Education Center around 7 p.m.

Police say it was a seventh and eighth grade boys basketball game between Alburgh and St. Albans.

A viewer sent us a phone recording of the alleged incident, which shows several people on a basketball court. People were tackled and shoved and punches were thrown in the video.

Officers say Russell Giroux, 60, of Alburgh, asked to be taken the hospital and was pronounced dead there.

Giroux’s body is being taken to the Burlington Chief Medical Examiner’s office to determine cause and manner of death.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about the fight to contact them here: Detective Trooper Michael Mattuchio at the St. Albans Barracks at 802-524-5993 or leave an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit

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