<body><div>A town official in Vermont, his wife and her son are dead after being found shot in there home over the weekend, according to state police. 46-year-old Brain Crossman, a select board member in the small town of Pawlet, Vermont, Erica Crossman, 41 and her son Colin Taft, 13, were all found dead Sunday in their home in the small town of about 1,400 people near the New York state line. Police said in a news release on Tuesday night that all three deaths were ruled a homicide. As of right now no suspects have been arrested, but police have identified a person of interest, a relative of the family according to CBS affiliate WCAX. Police said they believe this was an isolated incident and there is not threat to the community at large. A fellow chairperson of the five-member board Mike Beecher said in a statement "Brian Crossman was a friend and neighbor, a hardworking community member who just this year up to join the Pawlet Selectboard." The selectboard, who are elected by the residents of the town, are responsible for overseeing the towns expenditures and enacting ordinances. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0h83lk_0vbeaOv700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0h83lk_0vbeaOv700" width="310" height="465" ><figcaption>Officers initially responded to the family's home for reports of a suspicious person, when they arrived they found the three family members already deceased. ( Image: Erica Crossman/Facebook)</figcaption></figure>"This tragedy that struck him and his family has also hit our community hard, and we are shaken and grieving. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this devastating loss," Beecher said. Brain Crossman had only joined the board this past year where he served as a liaison to the town's highway depatment on buildings and development, according to the town's website. Officers initially responded to the family's home for reports of a suspicious person, when they arrived they found the three family members already deceased. All three died from gunshot wounds according to the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner's Office, state police said. Brain was shot in the head and the torso, Erica was shot in the head and her son had multiple gunshot wounds according to state police. <ul><li>Husband accused of murdering wife year after au pair’s arrest amid suspected 'love triangle plot'</li><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4TRyMt_0vbeaOv700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4TRyMt_0vbeaOv700" width="1200" height="669" ><figcaption>Neighbors of the family also expressed their sadness and shock at the gravity of this tragic crime.&nbsp; ( Image: WPTZ)</figcaption></figure></ul>Flowers were left in the family's honor at the Pawlet Town Hall ahead of the board meeting Tuesday night according to ABC affiliate WTEN. Crossman's seat was left empty for the duration of the meeting. Neighbors of the family also expressed their sadness and shock at the gravity of this tragic crime. "it's very hard to comprehend. It just hasn't sunk in. We just visited the family three nights before the deaths," next-door neighbor Oliver Ihasz said. </div></body>

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A town official in Vermont, his wife and her son are dead after being found shot in there home over the weekend, according to state police. 46-year-old Brain Crossman, a select board member in the small town of Pawlet, Vermont, Erica Crossman, 41 and her son Colin Taft, 13, were all found dead Sunday in their home in the small town of about 1,400 people near the New York state line. Police said in a news release on Tuesday night that all three deaths were ruled a homicide.