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

The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police. A Border Patrol agent who was assigned to the agency's Swanton Sector, which monitors the Vermont-New Hampshire-New York border,

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

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

Agent David Maland was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement. A German national in the country on what the FBI called a current visa was killed and an injured suspect was taken into custody and is being treated at a local hospital.

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

COVENTRY, Vt. — 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.

One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in the line of duty in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal authorities confirmed.

A Border Patrol agent was shot and killed at a traffic stop in northern Vermont, federal authorities said Monday. Vermont

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement later that evening.

A U.S. border patrol agent and another individual were killed in a Vermont incident, confirmed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.