Editing Zizians (section)

==== 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" />