COURT HEARING SHINES LIGHT ON ATTEMPTED MURDER
Zakk Trombly, appeared in court this morning to plead not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder of Dustin Davenport in St. Albans yesterday.
“This appears to be a bad drug deal that wasn’t even Mr. Trombly’s drug deal,” State’s Attorney Jim Hughes said.
Hughes noted this indicates that Trombly can become very violent, even homicidal, in a short period of time.
Although police say that there were several other people with Trombly at the time of the shooting, Hughes said that there were several eye witnesses who were able to identify Trombly as the shooter in the case.
Hughes also told the court that he had concerns about the defendant, noting that the alleged crime occurred during broad daylight in a well-populated area.
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Judge Gregory Rainville ultimately held Trombly without bail in the case. A Bail hearing is expected to be set to determine if there are any safe conditions that would protect the public and allow Trombly to await trail outside of prison.
Police say that Trombly shot at Davenport six times after a verbal altercation, hitting Davenport at least once in the head before fleeing the scene.
Davenport was in his car when the shooting took place, according to police. Moments after the shooting, he exited his car, walked about 20 feet and collapsed unconscious.
St. Albans Police Lieutenant Ron Hoague said that when police arrived, Davenport was bleeding “profusely” from his head.
The Vermont State Police spent much of the night combing the parking lot where the shooting took place in an attempt to find all the evidence in the case.
Trombly was taken into custody about an hour after the shooting when police recognized a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect’s car parked next to a home on First Street in Swanton.
Police waited hours at the Swanton home while securing a warrant to search the property for the gun as well as any other items that may tie the shooting to Trombly.
Trombly’s previous criminal history includes 10 convictions, all were misdemeanors, although he has been charged (and never convicted) of three felonies.
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