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

A U.S. Border Patrol agent in the line of duty and another person were killed Monday in Vermont, just south of the Canadian border, in a shooting incident, officials say.

Vermont State Sen. Russ Ingalls, an Essex County Republican, identified the agent shot to death at the U.S. Border Patrol’s Swanton Sector as David Maland while speaking on the state senate floor Tuesday, according to a report from WPTZ, the NBC affiliate in Burlington, Vt.

“Every single day, our Border Patrol agents put themselves in harm’s way so that Americans and our homeland are safe and secure," Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of DHS, said in a statement

The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border, according to a news release from the Vermont State Police.

An arrest was made for the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot during a traffic stop in Vermont, according to the FBI.

A suspect has been charged in the U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vt., in the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland in Vermont on Monday afternoon.

A 21-year-old Washington state woman was arrested Friday for allegedly shooting a US Border Patrol agent to death in Vermont earlier in the week, according to federal authorities.

The FBI arrested 21-year-old Washington state woman Teresa Youngblut in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland.

Swanton Sector Border Patrol agent David Maland, 44, was killed in a mysterious shooting while on the line of duty on Monday.

David “Chris” Maland, the Border Patrol agent killed Monday, was shot while conducting a traffic stop in a Vermont town near the Canadian border, according to the FBI’s latest update on the case.