The Vermont State Police are assisting federal authorities after a shooting involving a Border Patrol agent. They said it happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91. The FBI is leading the investigation.

A shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent has closed Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the border with Canada, state police said.

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.

COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop in northern Vermont Monday was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who worked security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, according to his family and officials.

The Vermont Border Patrol agent murdered when he stopped a migrant near the northern border has been identified as David C. Maland, The Post has learned. An agency veteran of nearly a decade,

A US Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.

The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.

The agent's death Monday afternoon was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. The injured suspect was taken into custody after the violence on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 20 miles (32 km) from the Canadian border, the FBI said in a statement.

Earlier, Vermont State Police said a border agent was involved in a shooting on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the border with Canada. The shooting took place on the highway at 3:15 p.m ...

Hundreds of law enforcement officers escorted a fallen Border Patrol agent through Burlington on Thursday.Federal, state, county, and local law enforcement from multiple states joined in the procession for David Maland,

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.

Governor Phil Scott identified David Maland as the fallen officer, extending his “heartfelt condolences to Agent Maland’s family, friends, and colleagues."