A 60-year-old Vermont man who died after a battle broke out within the stands throughout a center faculty basketball sport had an “acute cardiac occasion” and a coronary heart situation, police mentioned Friday.
Russell Giroux was concerned within the battle Jan. 31 in a fitness center in Alburgh.
A medical expert decided Giroux’s explanation for demise was “acute cardiac occasion following altercation in a person with coronary artery atherosclerosis,” state police mentioned in an announcement.

The way of demise will likely be listed as undetermined, police mentioned.
Atherosclerosis is when plaque builds up on the within of arteries, and coronary arteries are those who provide blood to the guts.
State troopers responded to massive battle involving a number of spectators throughout a sport between Alburgh and St. Albans.
Giroux died about two hours after the battle, state police mentioned. Police mentioned Monday that the case stays below investigation.