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,

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.

COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — 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.