A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 20 miles from the Canadian border. In a statement, the FBI said a suspect in the shooting was killed and a second suspect was injured and taken into custody.
FBI Albany said they are investigating "an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent."
Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in the line of duty in Coventry on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
An investigation was underway on Tuesday near the United States’ border with Canada, where an agent was fatally shot “in the line of duty,” authorities said
A US Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.
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.
One suspect was dead and another was injured and taken into custody after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in the line of duty in Coventry.
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 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.,
In a story published Jan. 21, 2025, about the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, The Associated Press erroneously reported data on Border Patrol agent killings. David Maland was the first Border Patrol agent to be killed by gunfire in the line of duty since Javier Vega Jr.