The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.

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.,

The FBI is investigating after a U.S. Border Patrol agent and another person were shot and killed Monday afternoon in Coventry, Vermont, just south of the Canadian border, according to federal officials.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.

David “Chris” Maland, the Border Patrol agent killed Monday, was shot while conducting a traffic stop in a Vermont town near the Canadian border, according to the FBI’s latest update on the case.

The agent was identified as David “Chris” Maland, 44. Maland was a Blue Earth native and a graduate of Fairmont High School.

The name of a Border Patrol agent killed in a shooting that left one suspect dead and another injured and in custody was released on Tuesday.

The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.

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.

U.S. Air Force veteran and 9/11 Pentagon security responder Chris Maland is the first Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty since 2014.

Representative Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has introduced a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow President Donald Trump-and any future president-to serve a third term in office.