01/23/2025
Dave, the whole country sees you. We mourn with your friends and loved ones. We will carry on with the mission in your honor. You did not deserve to be murdered for a job. I’m told that you were a selfless soul. It’s clear that was the truth. We love you buddy.
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 agent was identified as David C. Maland by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson on Tuesday afternoon.
“Agent Maland succumbed to injuries caused by gunfire following a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s thoughts and prayers are with Agent Maland’s family during this difficult time,” the spokesperson said.
The death was confirmed earlier by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington.
At 3:15 p.m. Monday, Maland was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 91, about 20 miles from the Canadian border, when “an exchange of gunfire occurred,” the FBI said. Maland was shot, one suspect in the shooting was killed and a second suspect was wounded and taken into custody.
The FBI did not release the names of the suspects but the Department of Homeland Security confirmed the one killed was from Germany and had been in the U.S. on a current visa, the FBI said in a news release Tuesday.
