A town of Stockholm man died early today after being shot in the lower back during an apparent robbery at his home.

Daniel P. Simonds, 649 Porter Lynch Road, died at 7:10 a.m. while undergoing surgery at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vt., said St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin M. Wells.

Investigators are seeking three men who burst into the Simonds home in the early morning and shot him. They apparently entered the home following an argument with Mr. Simonds that took place outside, Mr. Wells said. They fled after the shooting.

Dispatchers at the county’s emergency dispatch center, Canton, were notified of the shooting by a 911 phone call at 12:45 a.m. The first deputies on the scene found Mr. Simonds and called rescue squad personnel. He was initially taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital and transferred to Fletcher Allen, where he died.

Although there were others in the house when the shooting occurred, there were no other injuries, Mr. Wells said.

The shooting was initially being treated as an armed robbery but is now being treated as a homicide, the sheriff said.

Sheriff’s investigators are being assisted by state police, including members of the forensic investigation unit from Troop B headquarters in Ray Brook.

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