A U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed in northern Vermont near the Canadian border on Monday was a military veteran who worked security at the Pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, his family said on Tuesday.
Minnesota native David Maland was fatally shot on Monday afternoon during a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson confirmed.
The shooting occurred on Interstate 91 about 20 miles from Canada in Coventry, part of the small, 27,000-resident community of Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom section of Vermont that spans the international border.
The incident also resulted in the death of a German national who was in the country on what the FBI called a current visa. Another individual—a suspect in the shooting—was also injured and was taken into custody. The suspect is currently being treated at a local hospital….