A Customs and Border Protection source has identified the Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday as David Maland, 44.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot during a traffic stop near the Canadian border on Monday, according to officials.

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 FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.

The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent killed during a traffic stop near the Canadian border worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept. 11 attacks.

COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop in northern Vermont Monday was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who worked security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, according to his family and officials.

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.

The Vermont State Police is assisting in the investigation of a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent that occurred on Interstate 91 in Coventry o

David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.

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