State Police announced Tuesday that no charges would be filed

State Police announced Tuesday that no charges would be filed as a result of a St. Johnsbury incident in which a man fatally shot an assailant who invaded a home and stabbed one resident who would die of his injuries along with two others who were injured. The domestic violence incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 7, 2024, at 16 Cottage St., a single-family home at the corner of Concord Avenue. Police say Nicolas Johnson, 42, who had no fixed address, broke into the home. Johnson was the sole aggressor in the incident during which he stabbed resident Ben Lyons, 21, who died of his injuries at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, along with Patrick Mayhew, 33, and Jennifer Bradley, 44. Mayhew fatally shot Johnson during the incident. Mayhew suffered serious but non-life-threatening knife wounds. He was treated at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and discharged the day after the incident. Bradley received minor injuries and was not hospitalized. She is Mayhew’s wife, Lyons’ mother, and the former partner of Johnson.