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. An agency veteran of nearly a decade,

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.

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.

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

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

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, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

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.

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

Sources tell WCAX News that a third person may have been involved with suspects that killed a Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

The FBI says Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in the North Country of Vermont.

Agent David Maland, 44, 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.