U.S. Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland was fatally shot during a traffic stop in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon.

The agent was identified as David “Chris” Maland, 44. Maland was a Blue Earth native and a graduate of Fairmont High School.

Maland’s family told the Associated Press that Maland grew up in Blue Earth and graduated from Fairmont High School.

"When my brother called me and told me the news, I think the first thing that came out of my mouth was 'he's one of the greatest people I’ve ever met,'" Joan Maland, David Maland's aunt, said.

Authorities have identified the border patrol agent who was shot and killed in Vermont as David Maland, a native of Blue ...

David Maland, 44, was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family ...

Fallen Border Patrol agent David "Chris" Maland was honored Thursday with a procession attended by hundreds of law enforcement officers.

Vermont officials are mourning the loss of a U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty near the Canadian border on ...

COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop in northern Vermont Monday was a ...

David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.

David C. Maland was conducting the traffic stop​ on Interstate 91, about 20 miles from the Canadian border when "an exchange ...

David "Chris" Maland, 44, was fatally shot in the line of duty on Tuesday in Coventry, Vermont, according to the Vermont ...