A brawl involving several fans took place at a middle school basketball game in northern Vermont on Tuesday and as a result of the melee, Russell Giroux, 60, died. According to the Associated Press, Vermont state troopers were dispatched to the Alburgh Community Education Center around 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
The authorities were dispatched after a call came in claiming reports of a large fight taking place between fans during a seventh and eighth-grade boys basketball game. Local schools Alburgh and St. Albans were the teams involved in the game..
As far as the fight goes, details are slim. Spectators somehow ended up on the court, where multiple people were tackled, shoved and multiple punches were thrown, according to WCAX.
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