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.

A Washington state woman faces two felony charges stemming from the investigation into the death of Agent David C. Maland on Monday. She has not directly been charged with Maland’s killing.

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

"We had Border Patrol, I bet they had over 100 cars just from them," said Mike Kamerling, a Vermont State Police sergeant. "And then you had state police from both Vermont and New York and virtually every other law enforcement agency in the region.

A lengthy gun and drug trafficking investigation by local and federal authorities has led to several arrests. Springfield Police spokesperson Ryan Walsh said that Springfield Police, along with the ATF,

Fallen Border Patrol agent David "Chris" Maland was honored Thursday with a procession attended by hundreds of law enforcement officers.

A 21-year-old woman was arrested Friday for allegedly shooting a US Border Patrol agent to death in Vermont on Monday, according to authorities and legal filings.

According to the charging affidavit, during the afternoon of January 20, 2025, a United States Border Patrol agent initiated a traffic stop of a Toyota Prius on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont. The car was occupied by Youngblut and a man who was a citizen of Germany and whose immigration status was in question.

"We had Border Patrol, I bet they had over 100 cars just from them," said Mike Kamerling, a Vermont State Police sergeant. "And then you had state police from both Vermont and New York and virtually every other law enforcement agency in the region.

The Vermont State Police are investigating the death of an inmate Thursday morning at the Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.