The man suspected of shooting three Palestinian college students in Burlington, Vermont, pleaded not guilty Monday to three charges of attempted murder in the second degree.The shooting victims are Hisham Awartani, a student at Brown University in Rhode Island; Kinnan Abdalhamid, a student at Haverford College in Pennsylvania; and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, a student at Trinity College in Connecticut, according to the Institute for Middle East Understanding.맥스카지노�We still do not know as much as we want to know,맥스카지노� Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad told reporters at a news conference two days after the shooting. 맥스카지노�But I would urge the public and you in the media to avoid making conclusions based on statements from people who know even less than we currently do. We are working hard to find out this information.맥스카지노�Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested Sunday afternoon near the scene of the attack, the Burlington Police Department said. At Monday맥스카지노�s arraignment hearing, the judge ordered Eaton to be held without bond.The case has garnered national attention amid rising reports of hate crimes since the Israel-Hamas war erupted."Although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, I do want to be clear that there is no question, this was a hateful act," prosecutor State Attorney Sarah George said Monday.The police chief told CNN맥스카지노�s Erin Burnett one victim has a spinal injury with long-term implications, one was struck in the upper torso but has a good prognosis and the other was hit in the lower extremities and was close to being discharged.맥스카지노�Their lives have been changed forever,맥스카지노� Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger said at the news conference. 맥스카지노�One in particular faces a tremendous struggle and recovery, with injuries that may be lifelong.맥스카지노�The three students were in Burlington to visit Hisham Awartani맥스카지노�s grandmother for Thanksgiving and were going on a walk before dinner when they were shot, said Marwan Awartani, a former Palestinian education minister who is speaking on behalf of the victims맥스카지노� families.The families expressed relief the suspect had been arrested, saying in a Monday statement, 맥스카지노�This was a crime fueled by hate.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�We believe a full investigation is likely to show our sons were targeted and violently attacked simply for being Palestinian,맥스카지노� the families said.Several civil rights groups have also urged investigators to carefully examine whether the shooting was motivated by hate. The attack came amid a reported rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias incidents in the United States since the war between Israel and Hamas ignited last month.But Murad said they still haven맥스카지노�t found the evidence to meet the legal standard and distinction between a hateful act and a hate crime.Some of the victims have been interviewed by detectives, he said at the news conference.맥스카지노�They stated that the (suspect) had not made any comments to them and had merely approached them while they were walking down the street, essentially minding their own business. And they were speaking in a mixture of English and Arabic,맥스카지노� Murad said.맥스카지노�They had no knowledge of this individual, had not encountered him before. He stepped off a porch맥스카지노� and shot at them, he added.An attorney for the victims맥스카지노� families, Abed Ayoub, said he believes the students were targeted in part because two of them were wearing keffiyehs 맥스카지노� traditional Palestinian scarves.맥스카지노�The suspect walked up to them and shot them. They weren맥스카지노�t robbed, they weren맥스카지노�t mugged,맥스카지노� Ayoub told CNN on Sunday, before the arrest was announced. 맥스카지노�It was a targeted shooting and a targeted crime.맥스카지노� Here's what we know so far:What investigators found Eaton was arrested Sunday afternoon near the scene of the attack, Burlington police said.Authorities said Eaton lives in an apartment building in front of the shooting scene and a search of his home uncovered evidence that gave investigators probable cause he was the shooter.Authorities found a .380 semiautomatic Ruger pistol during the apartment search, a law enforcement source said. The gun was taken to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ballistics lab.The chief said at the news conference that tests showed the gun and casings found at the scene are connected.After Monday맥스카지노�s hearing, Eaton맥스카지노�s attorney, Margaret Jansch, said it was 맥스카지노�premature to speculate맥스카지노� about a possible hate crime motivation.Asked by reporters what the suspect said to his lawyers, Jansch said that information was privileged. 맥스카지노�Anything he may have said to us we cannot disclose,맥스카지노� Jansch said.Eaton has not spoken to detectives since he was arrested, other than to ask for an attorney, Murad told CNN.Eaton showed no emotion when police told him what charges he faced. 맥스카지노�He was affectless in his response in a way that was certainly notable to detectives,맥스카지노� Murad added.If convicted on the attempted murder charges, Eaton faces up to life in prison. Federal prosecutors in Vermont are also investigating whether the shooting may have been a hate crime, officials said.Eaton worked at CUSO Financial Services for the past 11 months and was a part-time farmer, according to his LinkedIn and social media accounts.He was terminated in early November, according to a spokesperson for the company, which serves financial institutions.His sister, Amy Rubright, told CNN the family is not giving any comment at this time.맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve been waiting for you맥스카지노�At around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, ATF agents who were canvassing the shooting area encountered Eaton and detained him, police said.When ATF agents approached Eaton, the suspect allegedly told them, 맥스카지노�I맥스카지노�ve been waiting for you,맥스카지노� according to a probable cause affidavit.Eaton told investigators there was a shotgun in his apartment, the affidavit says. But he would not identify himself or say whether there were other firearms in his home, the court document states.A search warrant shows he had a Ruger .380 LCP pistol, along with a loaded magazine with five rounds inside his top dresser drawer.Eaton has not been a Vermont resident for long, the Burlington police chief said Monday. Investigators believe he arrived in the summer from the Syracuse, New York, area. Burlington authorities맥스카지노� only previous interaction with Eaton was a 2016 traffic stop, Murad said.Victim맥스카지노�s family thought the US would be safer than the West BankBefore coming to the United States for college, the three men attended school together at the Ramallah Friends School, a Quaker-run private nonprofit school in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the head of the school, Rania Maayeh.In a statement Monday, the school welcomed the news of Eaton맥스카지노�s arrest and urged authorities to consider the possibility that the shooting was 맥스카지노�motivated by hate.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Tragically, this incident is yet another example of the diminished regard for the lives, suffering, and inherent humanity of Palestinians. Let this incident be a stark reminder of the urgent need to challenge and change the discourse that deems us as anything less than fully human; people who are deserving of empathy, compassion, rights, life, freedom, and happiness,맥스카지노� the statement read.One of the victims, Awartani, was shot in the spine but is stable, according to Maayeh, who visited his mother in Ramallah. His mother, Elizabeth Price, is trying to leave Ramallah and travel to the US to see her son, Maayeh said.Awartani is immobilized as doctors work to increase blood flow to his spine, according to a source close to Price.맥스카지노�We are praying that he can walk,맥스카지노� Maayeh said.맥스카지노�I would want anyone who shot him to be behind bars so that there맥스카지노�s no chance that could happen again,맥스카지노� Price told CNN in a phone interview. 맥스카지노�But I also want to focus on making sure that my son heals 맥스카지노� psychologically and physically.맥스카지노�At Monday맥스카지노�s news conference in Burlington, the uncle of Kinnan Abdalhamid also expressed frustration that his nephew would be shot in America, despite his family맥스카지노�s belief that it would be safer than Ramallah.맥스카지노�Kinnan grew up in the West Bank, and we always thought that that could be more of a risk in terms of his safety, and sending him here would be the right decision,맥스카지노� Radi Tamimi said. 맥스카지노�I feel somehow betrayed in that decision here, and we맥스카지노�re just trying to come to terms with everything.맥스카지노�Rich Price, Awartani맥스카지노�s uncle, echoed that sentiment, saying the shooting reflected a 맥스카지노�level of civic vitriol맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�hatred that exists in some corners of this country.맥스카지노� It also 맥스카지노�speaks to a sickness of gun violence that exists in this country,맥스카지노� he said.While the families fear the shooting was motivated by hate, both Rich Price and Tamimi said they believe in due process and the presumption of innocence.맥스카지노�We are absolutely willing to wait to find out and let due process take its course,맥스카지노� Tamimi said. Shooting strikes at heart of anxieties over Israel-Hamas warThe Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group, said the attack comes 맥스카지노�as Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians across the country report a surge in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate since the escalation of violence in Palestine and Israel last month.맥스카지노�The group said it was offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting.CAIR said earlier this month that it documented a more than 200% increase (compared to the same period last year) in requests for help and reported anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias incidents in the month since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.At Brown University, where Awartani attends college, the president acknowledged that many on campus have expressed 맥스카지노�deep anxiety and fear about rising tensions and violence locally, globally and around the world.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�I know that this heinous and despicable act of violence 맥스카지노� this latest evidence of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate spiraling across this country and around the world 맥스카지노� will leave many in our community deeply shaken,맥스카지노� Brown president Christina H. Paxson said in a statement.맥스카지노�We know it will heighten concerns about personal safety and security for Palestinian and Arab members of our community,맥스카지노� she added. CNN맥스카지노�s Polo Sandoval reported from Burlington. CNN맥스카지노�s Celina Tebor, Sara Smart, David Williams, Caroll Alvarado, Dianne Gallagher, Joe Sutton, Zenebou Sylla, Eva McKend, Khalil Abdallah, Zoe Sottile, Michelle Watson and Alisha Ebrahimji contributed to this report.