The shooting occurred along Interstate 91 in Coventry on Monday afternoon, not far south of the Canadian border. Another person was also killed.

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."

Interstate 91 between Exits 27 and 26 is closed in both directions after Vermont State Police said a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was shot. The roadway was closed at 3:30 p.m. following what Vermont State Police called an "evolving police incident".

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

Agent David Maland was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement.

Authorities on Tuesday were investigating a 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. Agent David Maland was killed Monday afternoon following a traffic stop,

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

At least one other suspect, believed to be a woman, was wounded in the shootout and is being treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. She is under armed guard by law enforcement. The dead Border Patrol Agent has been identified as David Maland, 44, officials said today.

Coventry is close to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Newport Station, part of the Swanton Sector that encompasses Vermont and parts of New York and New Hampshire. The area includes 295 miles of international boundary with Canada.

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,