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WEBVTT PREPORTER: FIREFIGHTERS HOSEDPDOWN THE SIDEWALK BEHINDPWINOOSKL'S OBRIANS CENTER WHEREPJESSE BESHAW WAS SHOT AND KILLEDPBY A FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFSPDEPUTY FRIDAY EVENING.PDEPUTY NICHOLAR PALMIER SHOT THEP29-YEAR-OLD AFTER A FOOT CHASE.PTHE INCIDENT STARTED A FEWPBLOCKS AWAY AT A HOUSE ON UNIONPSTREET AFTER A WINOOSKI POLICEPOFFICER RECOGNIZED BEESHAW.PINVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICERPKNEW HE HAD AN ACTIVE ARRESTPWARRANT AGAINST HIM FORPBURGLARY.PPOLICE ALSO SAY THEY HADPINFORMATION THAT HE IS KNOWN TOPCARRY A GUN.PTWO OTHER WINOOSKI POLICEPOFFICERS AND THE DEPUTYPSURROUNDED THEBUT THEY SAYPBEESHAW TOOK OFF RUNNING.PPALMIER RAN AFTER HIM.PACCORDING TO VERMONT STATEPPOLICE, THE DEPUTYS BODY CAMERAPVIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWS BEESHAWPSTOPPING AND THEN MOVING TOWARDSPTHE DEPUTY WITH HIS HAND BEHINDPHIS BACK, INGNORING COMMANDS TOPSTOP.PTHEY SAY THE VIDEO SHOWS PALMIERPFIRED 7 TIMES AT BEESHAW.PWINOOSKI OFFICERS ARRIVEDPSHORTLY AFTER AND PERFORMED CPR.PVERMONT STATE POLICE ALSO SAYPBEESHAW WAS NOT ARMED WHEN HEPWAS SHOT.PSTAND UP, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HASPSEEN A LOT OF POLICE ACTIVITYPLATELY.PONE MAN DIED LAST WEEK AFTER APBEATING ONE BLOCK DOWN HICKOCKPFROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER.PTHERE WAS ALSO AN ARMED HOMEPINVASION EARLIER THIS WEEK ANDPSEVERAL BANK ROBBERIES INPWINOOSKI IN AUGUST. PSTATE POLICE SAY THEPINVESTIGATION INTO BEESHAW'SPSHOOTING IS STILL ACTIVE ANDPTHEY WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEPSTATE'S ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEYPGENERAL'S OFFICES FOR REVIEW

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Investigators are offering few details after a deputy fatally shot a suspect Friday evening in Winooski. Deputy Nicolas Palmier, 31, of the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, fatally shot Jesse Beshaw, 29, multiple times after a foot pursuit. Vermont State Police said Beshaw was known by Winooski officers to carry a handgun based on recent investigations. A source familiar with the investigation told NBC5 Beshaw's body remained at the scene for hours after he was fatally shot. Investigators said the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. Vermont State Police Maj. Glenn Hall said Winooski officers contacted troopers requesting an investigation into the shooting. Hall responded, along with Chittenden County Deputy State's Attorney Bram Kranichfeld, as part of the investigation. Beshaw was known to have an active warrant for burglary, officers said. Vermont State Police confirmed an arrest warrant was issued Sept. 2 for burglary, a felony offense and unlawful mischief and misdemeanor offenses. A Winooski police officer observed Beshaw enter a home on Union Street. Two other officers responded to assist Palmier. The officers established a perimeter around the home when Beshaw was seen leaving and running from the police. Palmier pursued Beshaw on foot and encountered him behind the O'Brien Community Center on Malletts Bay Avenue. Palmier's body cam footage showed Beshaw stopping as Palmier approached him, Hall said. Palmier can be heard yelling verbal commands, but it appears Beshaw ignored them, according to investigators. Beshaw is then seen advancing toward Palmier with his right hand behind his back. It was then that Palmier fired multiple shots at Beshaw as he continued to advance toward him, police said. Beshaw was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Winooski officers involved in the events leading up to the shooting were identified as James Charkalis, Brenda Davis and Dean Fullerton. Detectives with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Major Crime Unit and Crime Scene Search Team also responded. West Lane was closed to Mallets Bay Avenue and Hickok Street was closed to River Street for several hours. Officials directed those displaced by the closures to the O'Brien Community Center to wait until the scene was clear. The investigation and processing of the scene continued throughout the night. After processing was completed, police said Beshaw's body was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy. The autopsy revealed Beshaw died from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators said he was shot six times in the chest and head and was grazed by a seventh bullet. Beshaw was not armed when he was fatally shot. Once the investigation is complete, an independent review will be conducted by the Chittenden County State's Attorney's Office and the Attorney General's Office, as is customary for all officer-involved shootings. "Staff from the City, Winooski Police Department, and Winooski Schools will be working diligently over the coming days and weeks to ensure the necessary supports and efforts are in place to help us move through this difficult time," interim City Manager Ray Coffey said. "We recognize that our community is hurting and that nerves are rattled." Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or has information is asked to contact the Vermont State Police Major Crime Unit. No state official, police agency or investigating body has spoken publicly about the shooting.