VT man wielding shovel shot dead by police

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Police say around 4:20 p.m. two officers responded to a house on Randy Lane for a report of a disturbance. Police say an incident began on the front lawn where a middle aged man was wielding a long-handled shovel.

"Repeated attempts to verbally de-escalate and convince him to drop the shovel were un-successful, and as he continued to wield it -- he was shot by a police officer,"