Tuesday morning’s Vermont Senate session began on a somber note. “If you would please join me in a moment of silence for the border patrol agent who we lost yesterday, please,” said Lt. Gov. John Rodgers. Members of the Vermont Senate took a moment to remember David “Chris” Maland, 44, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed in the line of duty near the U.S.-Canada border Monday afternoon.Sen. Russ Ingalls, who represents the northern Vermont county where Maland was killed, was emotional on the Senate floor.”We’re having a really rough day in the (Northeast) Kingdom,” he said.The FBI and other agencies continued to investigate the scene of the shooting on Interstate 91 for much of Tuesday morning.NBC5 has learned that Maland was shot along the highway while performing a traffic stop. The FBI said that a German national who was in the U.S. on a current visa was also killed, and another person was injured.The FBI issued a statement reading, in part, “We are heartbroken for our partners and share in their grief as they mourn the loss of their colleague, who also served his country as a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.”One of the people in the car during the traffic stop is believed to be a woman who was captured on surveillance footage at the Newport City Inn & Suites.The manager, Sam Camley, believes the woman and a man were staying at the inn in the days leading up to the shooting.”In the surveillance footage, you can see two of them, but only the woman came into the office. It just kind of goes to show that you don’t really know who you’re meeting when you’re checking people in,” said Camley.These pieces of information come as the community reacts to the horrific act of violence.”The border’s important to me,” said Donald Miller, who lives in Quebec, Canada.Miller visits the United States multiple times per week and is shocked that something like this could happen in the Swanton Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.”I feel very bad for (Maland’s) family. I give my sympathy to the family. I just wish it didn’t happen,” he said.The law enforcement community is echoing that sentiment.”We know that things are changing in Vermont, and law enforcement needs to continue training, and they need to continue to be vigilant. The public is relying on us to protect them,” said Lamoille Co. Sheriff Roger Marcoux.The community is continuing to remember the man who died while trying to protect and serve as the federal investigation continues.
Tuesday morning’s Vermont Senate session began on a somber note.
“If you would please join me in a moment of silence for the border patrol agent who we lost yesterday, please,” said Lt. Gov. John Rodgers.
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Members of the Vermont Senate took a moment to remember David “Chris” Maland, 44, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot and killed in the line of duty near the U.S.-Canada border Monday afternoon.
Sen. Russ Ingalls, who represents the northern Vermont county where Maland was killed, was emotional on the Senate floor.
“We’re having a really rough day in the (Northeast) Kingdom,” he said.
The FBI and other agencies continued to investigate the scene of the shooting on Interstate 91 for much of Tuesday morning.
NBC5 has learned that Maland was shot along the highway while performing a traffic stop.
The FBI said that a German national who was in the U.S. on a current visa was also killed, and another person was injured.
The FBI issued a statement reading, in part, “We are heartbroken for our partners and share in their grief as they mourn the loss of their colleague, who also served his country as a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.”
One of the people in the car during the traffic stop is believed to be a woman who was captured on surveillance footage at the Newport City Inn & Suites.
The manager, Sam Camley, believes the woman and a man were staying at the inn in the days leading up to the shooting.
“In the surveillance footage, you can see two of them, but only the woman came into the office. It just kind of goes to show that you don’t really know who you’re meeting when you’re checking people in,” said Camley.
These pieces of information come as the community reacts to the horrific act of violence.
“The border’s important to me,” said Donald Miller, who lives in Quebec, Canada.
Miller visits the United States multiple times per week and is shocked that something like this could happen in the Swanton Sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“I feel very bad for (Maland’s) family. I give my sympathy to the family. I just wish it didn’t happen,” he said.
The law enforcement community is echoing that sentiment.
“We know that things are changing in Vermont, and law enforcement needs to continue training, and they need to continue to be vigilant. The public is relying on us to protect them,” said Lamoille Co. Sheriff Roger Marcoux.
The community is continuing to remember the man who died while trying to protect and serve as the federal investigation continues.
