justified under the states self-defense rules, which consider someone Chris Louras for Rutland. Nina Keck/VPR. Let's keep Rutland moving forward and build on the progress that we have made. 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Even the governors who protested the arrival of Syrian refugees last fall have no legal authority to close off their states. As he sat in his messy office, Louras joked about making an appearance a few hours later at a local forum hosted by right-wing author Jim Simpson, who travels the country speaking out against refugees. Incumbents are hard to beat in Vermont. Louras had a wife and kids by then, but the marriage broke up after the war. People are angry, said local physician Timothy Cook. Peter Shumlin and Chittenden County State's Attorney T.J. Donovan. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Nicholas attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy and graduated from Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA, class of 2005. Meetings at city hall in 2016 were packed with people on both sides of the resettlement issue. Yeah, I get it. There is no bigger advocate for the city of Rutland." Christopher Louras death, obituary: 33 year old Christopher G. 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The scene in Salisbury is about a 40-minute drive from downtown Rutland. Vermont-Based Feds Pursue Fraud Claims Against Health Records Company, Newport Prison Superintendent Removed From Post, Former Rutland mayor Christopher C. Louras. post your service, apartments Controversy erupted, and Taylor returned to document it. "He bounces all over the place. ", "I wasn't built for it," Louras said of Statehouse politics. Mayor Allaire voiced his full support for the men and women of the Rutland Police Department, and thanked them for their work in a high-stress and highly dangerous situation to prevent further loss of life. Vermont State Police say Louras drove by the police station around 5:30 a.m. and fired . click here. We'll see what skills they bring, but even if they don't have English yet and don't have health care skills, we would still work with them.". In prior years, Louras shaved his head, and rocked a Mohawk, for the same cause. At the time, he referred all questions to the city's attorney. Al Gobeille, Top Exec at UVM Health Network, to Resign, 5. I kid him about it. I choose to remember the good times with young Chris back in our "hockey family" days. Louras said that despite his city's reputation for economic woe, it had plenty of cheap housing, employers struggling to fill entry-level jobs, and a willingness to welcome the refugees. Sign up here to get a weekly email with all of VTDigger's reporting on courts and crime. Many who know the former mayor say this was an especially tough blow, and one he took personally. The major wouldnt say if Chris Louras was a suspect in that homicide. Chris Louras inside the Speak Easy Cafe in Rutland, Vt. Corey Hendrickson for the Boston Globe Kilcullen steeled himself, then read it, with rising gratitude and not a little amazement. On this issue, what I was surprised at was not the level of the contention, but the fact that it didn't abate and just simply grew," he said. In 2007, he ran for mayor along with five other candidates. The younger Louras, Vermont's attorney general says, was in a mental health crisis when he shot seven times at officers - as well as at the entrance of the Rutland City Police Department shown in this surveillance footage - before the cops drew their own guns, striking Louras 9 times, with a fatal wound to the head. All rights reserved, Flood Warnings and Watches in Parts of New England, Man Fatally Shot After Firing at Vt. Police Station Is Ex-Mayor's Son, Vt. 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A graveside service will be held in the spring of 2017 in Evergreen Cemetery.Donations in Mr. Louras memory may be made to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 8 Cottage St., Rutland VT 05701.Arrangements are by the Clifford Funeral Home. Theres no way we can possibly afford this.. Nick Louras, 34, of Rutland, was found dead of gunshot wounds off Route 53 in Salisbury last October. We consider this matter now closed, announced Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan, who added that he does not consider the way Louras died to be the way the totality of his life should be judged. He is the son of former Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras who served five two-year terms as the citys top elected official. Critics worried about how the city would pay for a large influx of new residents. "Not a lot I can learn from that guy!" He stumbles over his words; sometimes he doesn't come up with the words he's looking for. Louras has given very few interviews since he left office in 2017. With the crisis in war-torn Syria, which has prompted millions of displaced people to flee to Europe, the VRRP is upping that number to 400. Life is fragile, and we need to hold our loved ones tight, Allaire said at Tuesdays news conference. A French Private Equity Firm Owns Six Vermont Childcare Centers, a Possible Harbinger of Things to Come, Vermont Senate Backs Expansion of 'Death With Dignity' Law, Burlington Ballot Proposes Big Changes in City Election Rules, Burlington Considers Kicking Fossil Fuels to the Curb, A resident reading a flier about resettlement, by Mark Davis, Chelsea Edgar and Ken Picard. Other communities, large and small, rely on professional managers, hired and overseen by elected boards, to run city hall. "Ten years in office has tempered my style a little, and it hasn't tempered Chris," said Lauzon, adding that he would have handled the refugee situation differently. While weve appreciated the suggestions and insights, the time has come to shut them down at least temporarily. There was a pursuit, a few hundred yards. Even if he was clearly avoiding the microphone, Mayor Chris Louras wasn't hiding. Louras said he struggles to find solace in that. However, through the surveillance cameras that the police department had, police was able to identify the vehicle and its registration. Low 42F. With Bernie Looking On, Ben & Jerry's Scoopers Announce Progress in Union Talks. As mayor, he definitely weathered his share of criticism. The city had become a defacto property manager, picking up the garbage and mowing lawns. Police say the man they killed was Christopher Louras, 33, the son of former Rutland Mayor Chris Louras. Louras was the son of Rutland's former longtime mayor, also named Chris Louras. Donovan and Rutland County States Attorney Rose Kennedy both said they wont charge the four officers who returned fire. He got out with a rifle and officers from Rutland City and Rutland Town in downtown Rutland fired their weapons at him. In the wake of Louras's announcement, that theory appears to have gained a toehold in Rutland. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, It wouldn't be because of transportation infrastructure. VTDigger publishes Vermont business and economic news. "People lived full lives before coming to the U.S.; we have to remember that," Merdzanovic said. RUTLAND, Vt (NEWS10) Police officers in Rutland, Vermont shot and killed a man they say fired shots at the Rutland City Police Department building Tuesday morning then drove off. ", "I would have preferred more advance notice. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. "I think that was a fearless approach, and color Thom Lauzon a coward, but I would not have taken that approach," Lauzon said. The family patriarch came to Rutland in search of all the same things the Syrians want today: justice, religious freedom, security and work. "The immigration and refugee agenda is one of their more malevolent issues," Simpson said. Now Louras is a general manager for Foley Distributing. The Vermont State Police responded to the scene to continue the investigation into the officer-involved shooting. He's all over town," said Tom Huebner, president of Rutland Regional Medical Center a Rutland native who has known Louras for decades. But he also believed the mayor made a crucial mistake in not informing all the members of the board of aldermen ahead of time. Louras was struck, got injured, and was pronounced dead after being brought by ambulance to Rutland Regional Medical Center. Our education reporter is Tiffany Pache. Jasper Craven covers politics for VTDigger. "The way it was handled in the fall of 2015 and the spring of 2016 was the only way it could have been handled in order to get the three families we did into Rutland.". Despina N. Louras, 91, of Rutland, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, January 27, 2013, at Mountain View Center. With so many employers promising jobs, Rutland became Merdzanovic's top choice. That landed him at a number of large military bases in Texas, Alabama and Kentucky before the 1991 Gulf War. "The first thing I'm going to do is schedule a public hearing.". Vermont State Police have said they are not looking for any other suspects in Nicholas Louras death at this time, though the killing has called a homicide. Be Truthful. Louras had cruised to reelection five times. Drugs are believed to be a factor in the Louras cousins' deaths, but the AG wouldn't discuss t. There will be no criminal charges filed against four Vermont police officers who shot and killed the son of Rutlands former mayor back in October, after he led them on a chase and opened fire on the officers first.GET THE LATEST: Download the MyNBC5 appFootage from a police cruisers dashboard camera, obtained Tuesday, shows a chase through a popular shopping areas parking lot in downtown Rutland on Oct. 8.After getting stuck on railroad tracks, the driver gets out and can be seen shooting at officers, who return fire.NBC5 chose not to broadcast or publish the moment 33-year-old Christopher Louras is struck by police bullets.Louras was the son of Rutlands former longtime mayor, also named Chris Louras. More than 30 languages are spoken in Winooski, and more than 40 percent of Winooski High School students were born outside the U.S. There will be no criminal charges filed against four Vermont At the same time, the other side is circulating a petition with more than 500 names calling for a public vote to oppose the refugees' relocation. But people who know the 58-year old say the transition out of public life has been difficult for him. Absolutely. "You've never heard of Agenda 21?". The man killed in the officer involved shooting has been identified as Christopher Louras, 33, of Rutland. The man killed in the officer involved shooting has been identified as Christopher Louras, 33, of Rutland. The idea of bringing immigrants to Rutland was something Louras said he had been thinking about long before the world was focused on Donald Trump or the war in Syria.