Less than 24 hours after Vermont State Police told us a trooper had shot and killed a man, they finally released more information surrounding what happened.
First the suspect's name, it's 40-year old Jonathan Martel.
Police say around noon Monday, he was the one who broke into a Johnson, Vermont home.
After police arrived they say Martel took off.
They tracked him down to Cambridge.
Police say Martel ran into the woods, where he was followed by Trooper Dustin Robinson.
They say Robinson asked Martel to stop.
He didn't.
Police say instead, Martel held up a metal object and acted like he was going to shoot.
That's when Trooper Robinson fired seven shots all of them missing Martel.
But they say he turned toward Robinson again and Robinson fired one more shot.
It hit Martel in the back.
During the near half hour news conference many of us questioned how he was shot in the back, if he was facing the trooper.
"They turn that presents a smaller target frame if you will for the shooter and there are many times where the bullet will lodge would enter in an extremity or another portion. Not straight on," said Vermont State Police Colonel Tom L'Esperance.
What's more that metal object Martel was holding was not a weapon.
"Trooper Robinson noticed Martel was holding a cell phone and asks Martel why he pointed that at him. Martel responded, "I wanted to die," said Colonel L'Esperance.
As for Trooper Robinson, state police say he's been placed on paid leave.
Also, the attorney general will be investigating the incident to see if it was a justified homicide.
