The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured
Local law enforcement, state officials and the Border Patrol itself issued statements in the wake of the tragic incident.
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."
Federal authorities say another person was killed during the incident while a third was injured and taken into custody.
COVENTRY, Vt. – A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the agent was killed in the line of duty, although it did not provide details.
Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.
A 21-year-old Washington state woman faces two weapons charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.
A woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of US Border Patrol agent earlier this week on a highway in Vermont, the FBI office in Albany said Friday.
A suspect has been charged in the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., in the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland in Vermont on Monday afternoon.
Court documents obtained by NBC5 identify the suspect accused of shooting and killing Border Patrol Agent David Maland.