A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement later that evening. The shooting took place on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vt.,

FBI investigating after border patrol agent shot dead in Vermont near Canadian border - Suspect in the shooting killed and a second suspect taken into custody

The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.

A German national suspect on a legal visa allegedly killed a United States Border Agent during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Northern border, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

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

FBI Albany said they are investigating "an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent."

An investigation was underway on Tuesday near the United States’ border with Canada, where an agent was fatally shot “in the line of duty,” authorities said. The fatal encounter unfolded Monday along Interstate 91 in Orleans County,

Authorities on Tuesday are investigating a fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent that also left a suspect dead and another injured on a Vermont highway near Canada, authorities said.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in the line of duty in Coventry on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed in a shooting on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, just south of the Canadian border, according to the FBI. A suspect in the shooting was also dead. A second suspect was injured and taken into custody, the FBI’s Albany office confirmed.

The agent was identified as David “Chris” Maland, 44. Maland was a Blue Earth native and a graduate of Fairmont High School.