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 ...
The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.
Governor Phil Scott identified David Maland as the fallen officer, extending his “heartfelt condolences to Agent Maland’s family, friends, and colleagues."
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.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers escorted a fallen Border Patrol agent through Burlington on Thursday. WCAX broke the news earlier this week about the fatal shooting of Agent David Maland. Thursday morning,
Agent David Maland, 44, was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. A German national in the country on what the FBI called a current visa was killed and an injured suspect was taken into custody and is being treated at a local hospital.
Vermont State Police The FBI Albany Field Office continues to investigate an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with the fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Monday afternoon on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont.
Investigators are being tight-lipped about the shooting death of a Border Patrol Agent on Interstate 91 here Monday afternoon. The first word of the incident, which left one other person dead and a third wounded,
The FBI Albany Field Office continues to investigate an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with the fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Monday afternoon on Interstate 91 in Coventry,
Coventry is close to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Newport Station, part of the Swanton Sector that encompasses Vermont and parts of New York and New Hampshire. The area includes 295 miles of international boundary with Canada.
The Vermont State Police is assisting in the investigation of a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent that occurred on Interstate 91 in Coventry o