Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.

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.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Canadian border was a military veteran.

Local law enforcement, state officials and the Border Patrol itself issued statements in the wake of the tragic incident.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday afternoon in Vermont, state police said. Federal authorities are investigating.

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

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

U.S. Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland was fatally shot during a traffic stop in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon.

David Maland, 44, was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.

U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland, who was born in Blue Earth and raised in Fairmont, was killed on Friday near the Canadian border in Vermont.

The family of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border says he was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept.