A Border Patrol agent has been killed in a shootout that took place in Vermont near the Canadian border. Agent David Maland, 44, was killed Monday along Interstate 91 at about 3:15 p.m. near Coventry,

Agent David Maland was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. A German national in the country on what the FBI called a current visa was killed and an injured suspect was taken into custody and is being treated at a local hospital.

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

Though law enforcement agencies have not publicly named the slain agent, Sen. Russ Ingalls, R-Essex, identified David Maland on the Senate floor Tuesday — and Gov. Phil Scott expressed condolences to “Agent Maland’s family,

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

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.

The Vermont Border Patrol agent murdered when he stopped a migrant near the northern border has been identified as David C. Maland, The Post has learned. A 13-year-veteran of the agency, Maland

Vincent Illuzzi, the Essex County state’s attorney, described the shooting as happening during a traffic stop. He said he believed the stop was related to immigration enforcement.

The Canadian province has hundreds of police officers on call to secure its border with Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, a government official said this week.

“On April 30th, I will retire from the United States Border Patrol,” Owens wrote in the letter, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner. “Looking ahead, I will leave with a profound ...