A United States Border Agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Northern border, Fox News has confirmed.
A Customs and Border Protection source has identified the Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday as David Maland, 44.
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.
Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.
The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.
One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen, suffered injuries, authorities said.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in the neck during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 91 in Coventry, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed. FBI officials issued a statement verifying that one U.
Authorities on Tuesday are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured.
The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the agent was killed in the line of duty, although it did not provide details.
Interstate 91 between Exits 27 and 26 is closed in both directions after Vermont State Police said a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was shot. The roadway was closed at 3:30 p.m. following what Vermont State Police called an "evolving police incident".
A shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent has closed Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the border with Canada, state police said.
A Vermont Border Patrol agent was killed after a traffic stop of a migrant turned deadly near the northern border, sources said. The officer was gunned down on Interstate 91 near Coventry around 3:15 p.m. Monday. Law enforcement sources told The Post that the Border agent had been on the job for 13 years.