Newscast: Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

The Vermont Health Department disclosed this morning that a second person was infected with West Nile Virus this summer. Middlebury police say a local man who had threatened to commit "suicide by cop" is dead after an exchange of gunfire. A rail line between Vernon and St. Albans has been repaired, and officials say that should speed up Amtrak’s Vermonter line. State officials say they’ve learned a variety of lessons from their response to Tropical Storm Irene’s floods.