The Vermont State Police are assisting federal authorities after a shooting involving a Border Patrol agent. They said it happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91. The FBI is leading the investigation.

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

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.

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

A Customs and Border Protection source has identified the Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday as David Maland, 44.

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

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

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.

Police are investigating after a man stole a fire department vehicle and several tools from a firehouse in Windsor, Conn., started a small fire in the garage, then used the stolen fire vehicle to try and stop several drivers on Interstate 91 in Massachusetts,

Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.

Members of the Vermont Senate took a moment to remember David "Chris" Maland, 44, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed in the line of duty near the U.S.-Canada border Monday afternoon. Sen. Russ Ingalls, who represents the northern Vermont county where Maland was killed, was emotional on the Senate floor.