New details on a deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the occupants of a car stopped on a highway just south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David “Chris” Maland and the civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.
A United States Border Patrol agent was gunned down during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Canadian border, officials have confirmed. It happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, 20 miles from the Northern border, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been fatally shot in northern Vermont. The acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that the agent was killed Monday in the line of duty.
Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said the death occurred ‘in the line of duty’.
Governor Phil Scott identified David Maland as the fallen officer, extending his “heartfelt condolences to Agent Maland’s family, friends, and colleagues."
Authorities on Tuesday are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured.
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.
Cars are backed up at the US-Canada border in Stanstead, Quebec, after a shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Coventry, Vt., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chloe Jones) A U.S. Border ...
U.S. Air Force veteran and 9/11 Pentagon security responder Chris Maland is the first Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty since 2014.
In a story published Jan. 21, 2025, about the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, The Associated Press erroneously reported data on Border Patrol agent killings. David
Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on Monday.
Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on Monday.