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.

A section of Interstate 91 in Vermont was closed Monday after Vermont State Police said a U.S. border patrol agent was shot.

A police incident has closed Interstate 91 in Vermont, near the border with Canada, on Monday afternoon, state police said. The nature of the police incident, with Vermont State Police called “evolving” in a statement,

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot during a traffic stop near the Canadian border on Monday, according to officials.

COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop in northern Vermont Monday was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who worked security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, according to his family and officials.

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

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.

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.

Connecticut man stole a fire truck and impersonated police on I-91, later arrested by Massachusetts State Police.

Minor injuries were reported after a crash on Interstate 91 North in Windsor early Thursday morning, state police said. The two right lanes are closed on I-91 North between Exits 35 and 36. State police said the crash involved two cars and included a rollover.

A Connecticut man was arrested after he used a stolen fire department pickup truck to pull over drivers on Interstate 91 in Western Massachusetts early Saturday, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday afternoon while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 91.