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.

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.

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.

Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on Monday.

This incident is being swiftly investigated and DHS will release additional information ... our partners from U.S. Border Patrol and Vermont State Police to gather evidence and process the scene ...

Huffman confirmed that DHS was investigating. The FBI said it’s also working with the U.S. Border Patrol and the Vermont State Police. On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire ...

“This incident is being swiftly investigated and DHS will release additional information ... according to a news release from the Vermont State Police and the FBI. Coventry is about 13 miles ...

“Every single day, our Border Patrol agents put themselves in harm’s way so that Americans and our homeland are safe and secure," Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of DHS, said in a statement

"A Border Patrol agent assigned to the US Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector was fatally shot in the line of duty," acting DHS Secretary ... in the background. Vermont State Police closed ther ...

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