A New York man is facing three counts of murder after police say he shot and killed his father, stepmother and 13-year-old stepbrother last weekend in Vermont. Brian Crossman, 46, a local selectboard member;

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., of Washington County, faces murder charges in deaths of his father, stepmother and stepbrother in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vt., police said.

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,

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.