A new report from the United States Customs and Border Protection is providing new details on a deadly shooting involving a border patrol agent in northern Vermont.Top video: See previous coverageCBP released a new summary of a fatal Jan. 20, 2025, shooting in Coventry, which is located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, that led to the death of Agent David “Chris” Maland and another man, German national Felix Bauckholt.The report confirms that Teresa Youngblut, the Washington state woman who has been charged in connection with Maland’s death, injured a border patrol agent when she opened fire during a traffic stop on Interstate 91. The document does not specify the name of the agent who was injured when Youngblut opened fire. However, the report said the agent suffered a critical gunshot to the neck and was taken to a nearby hospital in a Newport police cruiser before being pronounced dead. Agent Maland has thus far been the only border patrol agent on scene who was reported injured during the incident. Previously, officials had not confirmed whether or not the shots Youngblut fired made contact with any of the agents on the scene.Maland’s death report lists his cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck. His death was ruled a homicide.Youngblut was the driver and registered owner of the Prius that border agents stopped after they observed suspicious activity at a nearby Walmart and at the hotel where she and her companion were staying. CBP said Youngblut fired four rounds at the agents, with one border patrol agent returning fire, striking her in the arm and leg. The same border patrol agent then ordered Youngblut’s passenger, Felix Bauckholt, to stop when he saw Bauckholt attempting to draw his own gun. When Bauckholt refused to listen, the agent fired on him, striking him several times in the chest and killing him. Bauckholt was declared dead at the scene.Law enforcement on the scene attempted to help stabilize Youngblut by trying to place a tourniquet on her following the shooting before EMTs arrived. She was later taken by ambulance to the North Country Hospital.The roadway where the shooting occurred remained closed until the following day as the bomb squad checked and cleared a series of suspicious packages wrapped in foil found within the vehicle that were later deemed harmless.Agent Maland was remembered in numerous ceremonies and processions across Vermont and in his native Minnesota as a dedicated law enforcement official and local hero whose death sent shockwaves through the community.Youngblut was indicted on federal charges of using a deadly weapon to assault, resisting or impeding federal law enforcement, and another charge of assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting. She pleaded not guilty to the charges and is awaiting trial.Both Youngblut and Bauckholt were later confirmed to be members of the cult-like Zizian group, a series of individuals who followed the shadowy figure known online as “Ziz.” The group has been linked to multiple deaths across the country.Youngblut’s defense was granted a request to delay pretrial motions for that upcoming trial earlier this week, with her attorney saying they needed more time to prepare their case.
A new report from the United States Customs and Border Protection is providing new details on a deadly shooting involving a border patrol agent in northern Vermont.
Top video: See previous coverage
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CBP released a new summary of a fatal Jan. 20, 2025, shooting in Coventry, which is located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, that led to the death of Agent David “Chris” Maland and another man, German national Felix Bauckholt.
The report confirms that Teresa Youngblut, the Washington state woman who has been charged in connection with Maland’s death, injured a border patrol agent when she opened fire during a traffic stop on Interstate 91.
The document does not specify the name of the agent who was injured when Youngblut opened fire. However, the report said the agent suffered a critical gunshot to the neck and was taken to a nearby hospital in a Newport police cruiser before being pronounced dead.
Agent Maland has thus far been the only border patrol agent on scene who was reported injured during the incident. Previously, officials had not confirmed whether or not the shots Youngblut fired made contact with any of the agents on the scene.
Maland’s death report lists his cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck. His death was ruled a homicide.
Youngblut was the driver and registered owner of the Prius that border agents stopped after they observed suspicious activity at a nearby Walmart and at the hotel where she and her companion were staying.
CBP said Youngblut fired four rounds at the agents, with one border patrol agent returning fire, striking her in the arm and leg.
The same border patrol agent then ordered Youngblut’s passenger, Felix Bauckholt, to stop when he saw Bauckholt attempting to draw his own gun. When Bauckholt refused to listen, the agent fired on him, striking him several times in the chest and killing him. Bauckholt was declared dead at the scene.
Law enforcement on the scene attempted to help stabilize Youngblut by trying to place a tourniquet on her following the shooting before EMTs arrived. She was later taken by ambulance to the North Country Hospital.
The roadway where the shooting occurred remained closed until the following day as the bomb squad checked and cleared a series of suspicious packages wrapped in foil found within the vehicle that were later deemed harmless.
Agent Maland was remembered in numerous ceremonies and processions across Vermont and in his native Minnesota as a dedicated law enforcement official and local hero whose death sent shockwaves through the community.
Youngblut was indicted on federal charges of using a deadly weapon to assault, resisting or impeding federal law enforcement, and another charge of assault with a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting. She pleaded not guilty to the charges and is awaiting trial.
Both Youngblut and Bauckholt were later confirmed to be members of the cult-like Zizian group, a series of individuals who followed the shadowy figure known online as “Ziz.” The group has been linked to multiple deaths across the country.
Youngblut’s defense was granted a request to delay pretrial motions for that upcoming trial earlier this week, with her attorney saying they needed more time to prepare their case.
