A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed during a traffic stop Monday in Coventry, Vermont, near the U.S. border with Canada, the agency said in a statement.
The incident was the first time since the 2010 slaying of Agent Brian Terry in Arizona that a Border Patrol agent was slain by an assailant, according to a memorial list of fallen officers compiled by support groups.
One suspect, a German national, is dead, and a second suspect, a U.S. citizen who sustained injuries, is in custody, according to a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to provide preliminary details. There was no additional information available about the shooting nor the traffic stop.
