The Vermont State Police are assisting federal authorities after a shooting involving a Border Patrol agent. They said it happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91. The FBI is leading the investigation.

The federal officer killed while on duty near the Canadian border has been identified as a U.S. Air Force veteran who provided security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks.

Investigators are being tight-lipped about the shooting death of a Border Patrol Agent on Interstate 91 here Monday afternoon. The first word of the incident, which left one other person dead and a third wounded,

As much of the nation watched Trump take office for the second time in history, a border agent in Vermont was reportedly shot dead by a migrant.

Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Vermont on Monday while performing their duties near the Canada-U.S. border, according to U.S. federal and state authorities.

The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.

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

Governor Phil Scott identified David Maland as the fallen officer, extending his “heartfelt condolences to Agent Maland’s family, friends, and colleagues."

Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.

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.

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.