Brian Crossman Sr., 46, his wife Erica (Pawlusiak) Crossman, 41, and Erica’s son and Brian’s stepson, Colin Taft, 13, were found dead in their Pawlet, Vt., home early morning on Sunday, Sep. 15, the Vermont State Police said in a statement earlier this week.

The suspect, who relatives said had mental health disabilities, was spending the weekend with his father and stepmother while his mother was out of town, according to police.

PAWLET, Vt. — Police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old man with a history of mental health issues in the shooting deaths of his father, stepmother, and stepbrother, a crime that has badly shaken this small town in western Vermont.

Brian Crossman Jr., 23, of Granville, New York, faces three counts of aggravated murder in the fatal shootings of his father, stepmother and stepbrother on Sept. 15.

Brian Crossman Jr. was arrested in Granville, N.Y. on three counts of aggravated murder stemming from the fatal shootings of Brian Crossman Sr., 46, his wife Erica Crossman, 41, and her son Colin Taft,

The son of a Vermont town official was arrested on Friday on charges of killing his father, his stepmother and his stepbrother on Sunday in Pawlet, state police said.

Authorities in Vermont are investigating the fatal shooting of a family of three who were found dead over the weekend. Brian Crossman Sr., 46, his wife Erica (Pawlusiak) Crossman, 41, and Erica’s son and Brian’s stepson,