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".
At least one other suspect, believed to be a woman, was wounded in the shootout and is being treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. She is under armed guard by law enforcement. The dead Border Patrol Agent has been identified as David Maland, 44, officials said today.
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 US Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
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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."
A U.S. border patrol agent and another individual were killed in a Vermont incident, confirmed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.
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. The fatal encounter unfolded Monday along Interstate 91 in Orleans County,
Federal authorities say another person was killed during the incident while a third was injured and taken into custody.
The shooting occurred along Interstate 91 in Coventry on Monday afternoon, not far south of the Canadian border. Another person was also killed.