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Edith Whitney, 87, was struck by a projectile outside her Spring Road home in Tunbridge, Vermont, on the evening of June 30, 2018. A power outage had sent her onto her deck to water flowers instead of staying inside, and her son-in-law reported hearing four or five gunshots before finding her with a chest wound. Neighbors provided aid and she was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where she underwent emergency surgery but died on the night of July 2, 2018. The projectile believed to have caused the fatal wound did not exit her body and was not recovered.
Vermont State Police interviewed people who had been shooting in the area and recovered a firearm, ammunition, and spent casings. Early statements described the shooting as an accident and not a public safety threat, but investigators have not identified who fired the shot that killed Whitney. Nearly a year after the incident the case remained unsolved and open.
Did anyone in Tunbridge or nearby communities see or hear gunfire that night or know who might have been shooting in the area?