A United States Border Agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Northern border, Fox News has confirmed.

Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.

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.

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 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.

One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen, suffered injuries, authorities said.

The Vermont State Police has promoted Lts. John-Paul Schmidt and Ashley "Skip" Barnes to the rank of captain in the criminal division, effective Jan. 26.

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured. U.S.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday afternoon in Vermont, state police said. Federal authorities are investigating.

This incident is being swiftly investigated and DHS will release additional information ... our partners from U.S. Border Patrol and Vermont State Police to gather evidence and process the scene ...

“This incident is being swiftly investigated and DHS will release additional information ... according to a news release from the Vermont State Police and the FBI. Coventry is about 13 miles ...

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.