Police: Robbery suspect killed in Montpelier standoff armed with BB gun

Vermont State Police say that a pistol a man displayed during a standoff Tuesday on a field at Montpelier High School, prompting nine officers to open fire and kill him, was a BB gun.
A day after the shooting, police said Wednesday their investigation has identified the handgun Nathan Giffin, 32, of Essex, was holding at the time he was fatally shot as a Umarex 40XP BB pistol.RELATED STORIESUPDATED: Suspect dead after credit union robbery, standoff at Montpelier High School
Police say Giffin had