COVENTRY, Vermont — One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in the line of duty in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, federal authorities confirmed. The shooting happened at 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, near the U.S.-Canada border, according to Vermont State Police. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said that a Border Patrol agent from the Swanton Sector, who has not been identified, was shot and killed in the line of duty. In a...

As Donald Trump swore in as the 47th president of the United States, a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Northern border, Fox News reported. The Department of Homeland Security said that the Border Patrol agent was killed during a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont on Monday, January 20, at 3:15 pm. 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...

A Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in Newport, Vermont by an illegal alien on Monday, just hours after President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders targeting the open border and illegal immigrants. Fox News Bill Melugin confirmed that the agent was killed during a traffic stop near the northern border in Vermont. According to reports, there were two suspects in the car, one of which was dead. This follows Trump's signing of ten executive orders on immigration immediately after taking office; fulfilling campaign promises to declare...

A Border Patrol agent stationed in Vermont was killed after being shot during an encounter with an individual near the Canadian border, according to a news report. The federal law enforcement agent was killed while conducting a traffic stop near Interstate 91 near the northern border Monday, just as President Donald Trump proceeded through inauguration proceedings in Washington, according to local media outlet WCAX3. The incident occurred between Orleans and Newport, north of the city of Burlington. The agent has not been identified, nor have the identities of the shooter...

Details of the incident in on Interstate 91 are not yet clear. The FBI is investigating a Border Patrol agent–involved shooting, according to a statement from the Vermont State Police. The incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, police said. Details of the incident are not yet clear. The FBI and Border Patrol did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. The section of the highway where the incident occurred has been temporarily closed, police said. This is a developing story. Check...

This afternoon at 3:15 and interstate 91 was shut down for a while. I guess it was between Derby and Newport on the map. Someone said the suspect was also killed and that it was an immigration issue but I didn’t read that from news sources yet. Once when returning from hiking on the other side of Lake Champlain in NY I remember them diverting everyone on the interstate to a pull off and being asked two questions or so. There were four of us, the German guy was silent,...

Authorities are investigating a shooting Monday afternoon involving the U.S. Border Patrol in northern Vermont, according to Vermont State Police. Adam Silverman, a state police spokesperson, said in a press release late Monday afternoon that his agency was “providing law enforcement assistance” following the shooting “involving” a border patrol agent on Interstate 91 in Coventry. It was not clear from the press release whether it was a border patrol agent or somebody else who had been shot, nor the extent of any injuries. State police, according to Silverman, were “coordinating...

A United States Border Agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Northern border, Fox News has confirmed. The Department of Homeland Security said that a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop in in Coventry, Vermont on Monday at 3:15 p.m. Coventry is near the U.S.-Canada border. MEXICO, CANADA 'NEED TO SECURE THEIR BORDERS AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO SECURE OURS;" INCOMING BORDER CZAR During the traffic stop, two suspects were in the car. Officials confirmed that one of...

A Border Patrol agent in northern Vermont was fatally shot in the neck by what is reported to be an illegal immigrant, just after President Donald Trump was being sworn in hundreds of mile in Washington on a promise to deem the border crisis a "national emergency" on his first day in office. NewsNation's Ali Bradley reported Monday that the border agent was shot while conducting a traffic stop. The shooter, whom Bradley referred to as a "visa overstay," was also reportedly killed. Vermont public safety officials have issued a...