Police Responded to Report of 'Suspicious' Person. They Found a Vt. Politician and Family Dead

Mar. 15, 2025

Erica Crossman and Brian Crossman.Photo:Brian Crossman/Facebook

Brian Crossman/Facebook

Brian Crossman Sr., 46, his wife Erica (Pawlusiak) Crossman, 41, and Erica’s son and Brian’s stepson, Colin Taft, 13, were found dead in their Pawlet, Vt., home early in the morning on Sunday, Sep. 15, the state police said in astatementat the time.

The deaths have been ruled as homicides, per police. The couple died from gunshot wounds to the head and Taft died after being shot multiple times, the medical examiner determined, per the statement. Brian was also shot in the torso.

Erica Crossman and Brian Crossman.Brian Crossman/Facebook

Brian was a selectboard member in Pawlet, a town with fewer than 1400 residents.

“Brian Crossman was a friend and a neighbor, a hardworking community team member,” selectboard Chairman Mike Beecher said at the meeting, according toWCAX,NECNand the Associated Press.

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State police is urging anyone with information that may be relevant to the case to contact the Rutland Barracks at 802-773-9101 or provide an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.

source: people.com