A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Vermont on Monday while performing their duties near the Canada-U.S. border, according to U.S. federal and state authorities.

27,000-resident community of Orleans County in the Northeast Kingdom section of Vermont that straddles the international border. Cars are backed up at the US-Canada border in Stanstead, Quebec ...

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.

Governor Phil Scott identified David Maland as the fallen officer, extending his “heartfelt condolences to Agent Maland’s family, friends, and colleagues."

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.

The Border Patrol agent was reportedly shot dead by a suspect referred to as a "visa overstay,” who has also been killed.

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New details on a deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the occupants of a car stopped on a highway just south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David “Chris” Maland and the civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.

COVENTRY, Vt. — 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.

Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said the death occurred ‘in the line of duty’.

The Canadian province has hundreds of police officers on call to secure its border with Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, a government official said this week.