FBI investigating after border patrol agent shot dead in Vermont near Canadian border - Suspect in the shooting killed and a second suspect taken into custody
The agent's death Monday afternoon was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. The injured suspect was taken into custody after the violence on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 20 miles (32 km) from the Canadian border, the FBI said in a statement.
COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in the line of duty in Coventry on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
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. The fatal encounter unfolded Monday along Interstate 91 in Orleans County,
FBI Albany said they are investigating "an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent."
A U.S. border patrol agent and another individual were killed in a Vermont incident, confirmed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
A spokesperson with U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed to NBC5 that a Border Patrol agent and another person were killed Monday afternoon during a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont. The FBI said a third person was injured and is now in custody.
Authorities on Tuesday are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent that also left a suspect dead and another injured on a Vermont highway near Canada, authorities said.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed in a shooting on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, just south of the Canadian border, according to the FBI. A suspect in the shooting was also dead. A second suspect was injured and taken into custody, the FBI’s Albany office confirmed.
Republicans and Democrats expressed sorrow Tuesday after a Border Patrol agent was shot dead in Vermont while working near the Canadian border.