Federal agents are investigating after a US Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Monday afternoon on the highway in Vermont.

A United States Border Patrol agent was gunned down during a traffic stop in Vermont near the Canadian border, officials have confirmed.It happened around 3:15 p.m. Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry,

Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.