Editing Zizians (section)

=== David Maland ===
[[File:Agent David Maland with service dog (cropped).jpg|thumb|Maland, {{circa}} 2022]]
On January 20, 2025, after a [[traffic stop]], [[United States Border Patrol]] agent '''David Christopher Maland'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> and at least one other Border Patrol agent engaged in a shootout with Bauckholt and another Zizian, leading to Maland's and Bauckholt's deaths and the wounding of the other member. Bauckholt and the other member were traveling south on [[Interstate 91]] in [[Coventry, Vermont]], when they were pulled over.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sabet |first1=Habib |last2=Weinstein |first2=Ethan |last3=Heintz |first3=Paul |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Officials identify US Border Patrol agent killed Monday in Coventry, disclose more details of shooting |url=https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/21/vermont-officials-identify-u-s-border-patrol-agent-killed-monday-in-coventry/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128130108/https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/21/vermont-officials-identify-u-s-border-patrol-agent-killed-monday-in-coventry/ |archive-date=January 28, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[VTDigger]]}}</ref> They were put under "periodic surveillance" nearly one week before the shooting after they were reported to be armed and wearing all-black tactical clothing when checking in to their hotel.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Humphreys |first1=Adrian |date=January 24, 2025 |title=U.S. border agent shooting suspects led agents on mystery trip: FBI |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/u-s-border-agent-shooting-suspects-led-agents-on-mystery-trip-before-fatal-gunfight-fbi |access-date=2025-03-21 |work=[[National Post]]}}</ref> The case has been connected to the killings of Lind and the Zajkos due to connections between the suspects.<ref name="Newbill 29">{{cite news |last1=Newbill |first1=Taleisha |date=January 29, 2025 |title=Double murder of Pennsylvania couple linked to Border Patrol shooting in Vermont, state police say |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/richard-rita-zajko-vermont-shooting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131040352/https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/richard-rita-zajko-vermont-shooting/ |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

==== Background ====
Before traveling to Vermont, Bauckholt and the other member lived in separate [[Airbnb]] rentals in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]].<ref name="Ramer-2025">{{Cite web |last1=Ramer |first1=Holly |last2=McCormack |first2=Kathy |date=January 28, 2025 |title=Murder suspect appears to have sought marriage license with woman charged in Border Patrol shooting in Vermont |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/murder-suspect-appears-to-have-sought-marriage-license-with-woman-charged-i/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129042803/https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/murder-suspect-appears-to-have-sought-marriage-license-with-woman-charged-i/ |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[The Press Democrat]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Both have been described as having cut off all contact with friends in fall 2023 and May 2024.<ref name="Bauman-2025">{{Cite web |last=Bauman |first=Anna |date=January 29, 2025 |title=Man accused of killing witness in Vallejo could face death penalty, DA says |url=https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/28/man-accused-of-killing-witness-in-vallejo-could-face-death-penalty-da-says/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129050147/https://openvallejo.org/2025/01/28/man-accused-of-killing-witness-in-vallejo-could-face-death-penalty-da-says/ |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=Open Vallejo |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Homeland Security Investigations]] agents had been conducting "periodic surveillance" of them since January 14.<ref name="Schapiro-2025">{{Cite web |last1=Schapiro |first1=Rich |last2=Winter |first2=Tom |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Suspects in killing of U.S. border patrol agent had an arsenal of weapons |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-suspects-killing-us-border-patrol-agent-arsenal-weapons-rcna189098 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129091056/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-suspects-killing-us-border-patrol-agent-arsenal-weapons-rcna189098 |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>

A hotel employee in [[Lyndonville, Vermont]], reportedly contacted law enforcement about the duo after seeing one of them carrying "an apparent firearm in an exposed carry holster". Both wore "all-black, tactical style clothing with protective equipment".<ref name="Schapiro-2025" /> After the report, [[Homeland Security]] agents contacted the duo, who refused to speak with them extensively. They said they were in Vermont only to purchase [[real estate]].<ref name="Schapiro-2025" /> The duo checked out of the Lyndonville hotel and were seen five days later in [[Newport (city), Vermont|Newport]], Vermont, with one of them carrying a handgun. The next day, hours before the shootout, the two were seen at a [[Walmart]], with Bauckholt buying aluminum foil.<ref name="Schapiro-2025" />

After the shooting, authorities found ammunition, a helmet, [[Night-vision device|night-vision]] [[monocular]]s, a tactical belt with a holster, a pair of [[walkie-talkie]]s, a [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]] loaded with [[Cartridge (firearms)|cartridges]], and shooting-range targets in their car. [[Smartphone]]s were also found, wrapped in [[aluminum foil]], apparently to [[Faraday cage|prevent their phones from being tracked]].<ref name="Schapiro-2025" /><ref name="Munson-2025">{{Cite web |last=Munson |first=Emilie |date=January 27, 2025 |title=Associates of woman in Border Patrol shooting tied to other homicides |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/associates-woman-border-patrol-shooting-tied-20058348.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128084044/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/associates-woman-border-patrol-shooting-tied-20058348.php |archive-date=January 28, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]}}</ref> Their handguns were reportedly bought by an associate in [[Mount Tabor, Vermont]].<ref name="Gafni-2025">{{Cite news |last1=Gafni |first1=Matthias |last2=Barba |first2=Michael |date=January 27, 2025 |title=Bay Area killing may be tied to string of slayings across country |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/feds-probe-ties-vallejo-pennsylvania-vermont-20059487.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129071004/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/feds-probe-ties-vallejo-pennsylvania-vermont-20059487.php |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DAuria-2025">{{Cite web |last1=D'Auria |first1=Peter |last2=Keays |first2=Alan J. |date=January 29, 2025 |title=Federal officials link 3rd 'person of interest' to Vermont border patrol agent's shooting |url=https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/28/federal-officials-link-third-person-of-interest-to-vermont-border-patrol-agents-shooting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201072428/https://vtdigger.org/2025/01/28/federal-officials-link-third-person-of-interest-to-vermont-border-patrol-agents-shooting/ |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[VTDigger]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Shootout ====
Around 3:15 p.m., Agent David Maland initiated a traffic stop on [[Interstate 91|I-91]] southbound, about 15 kilometers from the border with Canada, with a blue 2015 [[Toyota Prius]] registered in North Carolina to conduct an immigration inspection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2025 |title=District of Vermont {{!}} Woman Charged With Discharging Firearm During Assault of United States Border Patrol Agent |website=[[United States Department of Justice]] |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/woman-charged-discharging-firearm-during-assault-united-states-border-patrol-agent |access-date=February 11, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250201090517/https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/woman-charged-discharging-firearm-during-assault-united-states-border-patrol-agent |url-status=live }}</ref> According to accounts by law enforcement, Bauckholt, registered as the car's owner, appeared in a Homeland Security database to have an expired visa.<ref name="Schapiro-2025"/> Bauckholt's visa was in fact current.<ref name="Brown-2025a" /> Prosecutors allege that the second member drew a handgun and fired at least two shots at the agent during the stop and that Bauckholt also attempted to draw a firearm.<ref name="Schapiro-2025" /><ref name="Humphreys-2025">{{Cite web |last=Humphreys |first=Adrian |date=January 28, 2025 |title=Video shows creepy couple accused in shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/world/teresa-youngblut-felix-bauckholt-video-vermont |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=[[National Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Munson-2025" /> At least one Border Patrol agent shot the duo. Maland and Bauckholt were pronounced dead at the scene while the second member was taken to a hospital and later arrested.<ref name="Humphreys-2025" />

Maland, 44, was a [[United States Air Force]] veteran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Border Patrol Agent David Christopher Maland |url=https://www.odmp.org/officer/27305-border-patrol-agent-david-christopher-maland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131141926/https://www.odmp.org/officer/27305-border-patrol-agent-david-christopher-maland |archive-date=January 31, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[Officer Down Memorial Page]]}}</ref> According to his family, he had been planning to marry his partner.<ref name="Hughes-2025">{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Elliot |date=January 22, 2025 |title=U.S. Border Patrol agent who was fatally shot in Vermont near Canadian border was from Minnesota |url=https://www.startribune.com/border-patrol-agent-vermont-david-maland-canada-died-minnesota/601209126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127060016/https://www.startribune.com/border-patrol-agent-vermont-david-maland-canada-died-minnesota/601209126 |archive-date=January 27, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[Minnesota Star Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref> Maland was an active security officer at [[the Pentagon]] during the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]] before handling security at [[Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling]].<ref name="Munson-2025" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Chris |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont once served at Pentagon during 9/11, family says |url=https://www.livenowfox.com/news/border-patrol-agent-killed-vermont-9-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130123728/https://www.livenowfox.com/news/border-patrol-agent-killed-vermont-9-11 |archive-date=January 30, 2025 |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=[[LiveNOW from Fox]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He had worked for the last 15 years for the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] as a border patrol agent and as a [[Police dog|K-9 handler]].<ref name="Hughes-2025" /> Maland was the first Border Patrol agent killed by gunfire in the line of duty since 2014.<ref name="Hughes-2025" />

==== Reactions ====
Vermont's U.S. Senators [[Bernie Sanders]] and [[Peter Welch]] and U.S. House Representative [[Becca Balint]] issued a joint statement saying, "Our deepest condolences go out to the agent’s family, and to the Border Patrol".<ref name="Hughes-2025" /> Representative [[Mark Green (Tennessee politician)|Mark Green]], who chairs the [[United States House Committee on Homeland Security|House Committee on Homeland Security]], issued a statement saying he was "heartbroken by the loss of Agent David Maland", adding, "[w]e must never forget that the men and women in green on the frontlines of this border crisis defend our homeland at great personal cost" and that "[f]ar too often these courageous public servants, like Agent Maland, pay the ultimate price".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chairman Green Issues Statement Mourning Loss of Border Patrol Agent David Maland in the Line of Duty |url=https://homeland.house.gov/2025/01/21/chairman-green-issues-statement-mourning-loss-of-border-patrol-agent-david-maland-in-the-line-of-duty/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616083846/https://homeland.house.gov/2025/01/21/chairman-green-issues-statement-mourning-loss-of-border-patrol-agent-david-maland-in-the-line-of-duty/ |archive-date=2025-06-16 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=Committee on Homeland Security |language=en-US}}</ref> Maland's flag-draped casket was carried by a motorcade of Border Patrol agents and [[Vermont State Police]] from Burlington, Vermont, to [[Albany International Airport]], and flown to his family in [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bendavid |first=Ike |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Motorcade honors slain Border Patrol agent |url=https://www.wcax.com/2025/01/23/motorcade-honors-slain-border-patrol-agent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129174322/https://www.wcax.com/2025/01/23/motorcade-honors-slain-border-patrol-agent/ |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[WCAX-TV|WCAX]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelleher |first=Caitlyn |date=2025-01-23 |title=Law enforcement escorts Border Agent David Maland body: What to know about the procession |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2025/01/23/burlington-vt-street-closures-police-procession-us-border-agent-david-chris-maland-killed/77901350007/ |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[Burlington Free Press]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Mike |title=Survivor charged in shootout that left Border Patrol agent dead in Vermont |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/teresa-youngblut-charged-shootout-killed-border-20053959.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125062009/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/teresa-youngblut-charged-shootout-killed-border-20053959.php |archive-date=January 25, 2025 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |language=en}}</ref>

A person was charged in connection to Maland's death and pleaded not guilty.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swinhart |first1=Amanda |last2=Whittle |first2=Patrick |title=Woman with ties to cultlike group appears in court after border agent's killing |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/woman-with-ties-to-cultlike-group-appears-in-court-after-border-agent-s-killing/ar-AA1HihOf?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=685b17124b404bb58b36480d4d233854&ei=21 |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=MSN |agency=Associated Press |date=24 June 2025}}</ref>