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.

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.

Cars are backed up at the US-Canada border in Stanstead, Quebec, after a shooting involving a US Border Patrol agent (Chloe Jones/AP) A US Border Patrol agent was fatally shot on Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.

(David Maland/Joan Maland via AP) A sign on an unpatrolled border street entering into Derby Line, Vermont, U.S.A., from Stanstead, Quebec, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian ...

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

Most crossings in this area occur along the upstate New York and Vermont borders with eastern Ontario and Quebec. In November 2024, U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted a Venezuelan national who had crossed into the U.S. through Stanstead, Que.,

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

(David Maland/Joan Maland via AP) A sign on an unpatrolled border street entering into Derby Line, Vermont, U.S.A., from Stanstead, Quebec, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian ...

Cars are backed up at the US-Canada border in Stanstead, Quebec, after a shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Coventry, Vt., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Chloe Jones)

A Washington state woman was ordered held without bail Thursday in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a case that has grown to encompass killings

Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Washington State was identified Friday morning as the second suspect in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Orleans County this week.

U.S. Air Force veteran and 9/11 Pentagon security responder Chris Maland is the first Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty since 2014.