A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Vermont on Monday while performing their duties near the Canada-U.S. border, according to U.S. federal and state authorities.
The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement later that evening. The shooting took place on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vt.,
As much of the nation watched Trump take office for the second time in history, a border agent in Vermont was reportedly shot dead by a migrant.
Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.
David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.
Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.
A United States Border Patrol agent was gunned down during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Canadian border, officials have confirmed. It happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, 20 miles from the Northern border, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot near the Canadian border in Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal officials said. The agent was identified as David Maland, 44, according to a post shared by the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association on X, USA Today reports.
New details on a deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the occupants of a car stopped on a highway just south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David “Chris” Maland and the civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.S. on a current visa.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11