A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Vermont on Monday while performing their duties near the Canada-U.S. border, according to U.S. federal and state authorities.

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.

Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.

The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.

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 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 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.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the slain agent was David C. Maland. The FBI, meanwhile, said the other person killed was a German national on a current visa.

A U.S. border patrol agent is dead after being shot on Monday in northern Vermont, just south of the Canadian border, the FBI confirmed. The incident happened on Interstate 91 in the Town of Coventry.

A Border Patrol agent was shot and killed at a traffic stop in northern Vermont, federal authorities said Monday. Vermont