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 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.

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 US Border Patrol agent who was murdered during a traffic stop in Vermont has been identified as David ‘Chris’ Maland, an agency veteran of nearly a decade.

A United States Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Vermont on Monday, according to The Department of Homeland Security.

One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen, suffered injuries, authorities said.

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 fatally shot near the Canadian border in Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal officials said. The agent was identified as David Maland, 44, according to a post shared by the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association on X, USA Today reports.

Vermont State Sen. Russ Ingalls, an Essex County Republican, identified the agent shot to death at the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector as David Maland while speaking on the state senate floor Tuesday, according to a report from WPTZ, the NBC affiliate in Burlington, Vt.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed in a highway shooting Monday near Coventry, Vermont, close to the Canadian border. Federal authorities confirmed one suspect was killed and another injured and taken into custody. The FBI stated there is no ongoing threat to the public.

David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.