The Vermont State Police investigation into shooting in Danville is continuing

The Vermont State Police investigation into Saturday’s shooting in Danville is continuing.  The deceased man is identified as Wayne Payton, 50, of Danville. An autopsy performed Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington determined his cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death is a homicide.  The injured man is identified as Tellurian Surles, 23, of Danville. He remains hospitalized at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.