Arrest in Waterbury – Waterbury Roundabout Murder Case

Fabrice Rumama, 20, of Springfield, Massachusetts, is being held without bail in St. Johnsbury and is scheduled to appear in state criminal court Monday on a second-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Shawn Spiker, 34, of Croydon, New , Hampshire is responsible, police said.

Meanwhile, the investigation continues and no one has been charged in the shooting of a second victim at the same home in the Kneeland Flats neighborhood on Monday, Oct. 14, police said. Michael S. Perry, 57, of Waterbury, was seriously injured and hospitalized.

According to a death certificate from the Vermont Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington, Spiker died of multiple gunshot wounds. The document lists his profession as a painter.

Investigators did not provide any details about the circumstances of Rumama’s arrest. More information will be revealed at Monday’s arraignment in Vermont Supreme Court in Barre, State Police Capt. Jeremy Hill said in a news release.

A judge ordered Rumama held without bail pending an arraignment scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, police said. He is housed at the Northeast Correctional Complex in St. Johnsbury.

A previous report on the shooting incident can be found here.