Olanda M. Fitz, a 28-year-old Black man, was killed on November 11, 2016 in Shaftsbury Hollow Road, Shaftsbury, Vermont. Police found Fitz in a truck on the property and the body of 38-year-old Trevor Gardner of Hoosick Falls, New York, in the yard.

The Vermont State Police determined the deaths were a murder-suicide. Investigators concluded Gardner had driven to Fitz’s home reportedly angry about a romantic involvement between Fitz and Gardner’s girlfriend, shot Fitz in the chest, then fatally shot himself in the head. The Chief Medical Examiner ruled Fitz’s death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest and Gardner’s death a suicide; a rifle was recovered in the truck with Gardner’s body and no weapon was found on or near Fitz.

The investigation identified Gardner as the sole suspect and, with him deceased, no arrests were made. If anyone knew Fitz, his movements that day, or saw activity near Shaftsbury Hollow Road on November 11, 2016, please share what is known.