STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

CASE#: 23A4006954

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Detective Sgt. Lyle Decker                             

STATION:  Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations Troop A East – St. Johnsbury

CONTACT#: 802-748-3111

 

DATE/TIME: 10:27 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023

INCIDENT LOCATION: Mountain View apartments, Mountain View Drive, St. Johnsbury, VT

VIOLATION: Shooting

 

VICTIM: Antino Pepper

AGE: 26

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: St. Johnsbury, VT

 

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

The Vermont State Police is investigating a shooting incident that occurred Wednesday night, Sept. 20, 2023, at the Mountain View apartments on Mountain View Drive in St. Johnsbury. Troopers responded to a report of a shooting at 10:27 p.m. and subsequently located Antino Pepper, 26, of St. Johnsbury at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, where he had been transported in a private vehicle for treatment. Pepper suffered a gunshot wound to a lower extremity. He initially was treated at NVRH before being transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, for treatment of the injury, which is not believed to be life-threatening. Troopers are investigating all possibilities in this incident, including information provided by Pepper that this was an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 

Anyone with information that could assist investigators is asked to call the St. Johnsbury Barracks at 802-748-3111. People also can provide anonymous tips online by visiting https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

 

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