Earlier, Vermont State Police said a border agent was involved in a shooting on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the border with Canada. The shooting took place on the highway at 3:15 p.m ...

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

The agent's death Monday afternoon was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. The injured suspect was taken into custody after the violence on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 20 miles (32 km) from the Canadian border, the FBI said in a statement.

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

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

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

Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on Monday.

One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in the line of duty in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal authorities confirmed.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers escorted a fallen Border Patrol agent through Burlington on Thursday. WCAX broke the news earlier this week about the fatal shooting of Agent David Maland. Thursday morning,

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.

Vermont State Police The FBI Albany Field Office continues to investigate an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with the fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent Monday afternoon on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont.