The U.S. Border Patrol Sector Headquarters in Swanton. Photo by Sawyer Loftus/VTDiggerUpdated at 10:17 p.m.A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot and another person was killed Monday afternoon in the Northeast Kingdom town of Coventry, according to the FBI. A third person was injured and in custody, the federal agency said. The incident took place on Interstate 91 around 3:15 p.m., according to Vermont State Police, at a location roughly 10 miles south of the Canadian border.The agent, who was “killed in the line of duty,” according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, had been assigned to the Swanton Sector of the Canadian border, which stretches from upstate New York through Vermont and New Hampshire. “Every single day, our Border Patrol agents put themselves in harm’s way so that Americans and our homeland are safe and secure,” Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman said in a written statement on the incident late Monday. “My prayers and deepest condolences are with our Department, the Agent’s family, loved ones, and colleagues.”Federal and state agencies shared little information on the incident late Monday. They did not identify the slain agent, nor the others involved.According to the FBI, there was no continuing threat to the public. In a statement issued just after 8:30 p.m., the FBI said it was “investigating an alleged assault on a federal officer” in connection with the shooting. “One U.S. Border Patrol Agent was killed, along with one subject. Another subject was injured and in custody,” the federal agency said.The FBI said it was working with U.S. Border Patrol and Vermont State Police to collect evidence at the scene — and that Interstate 91 would remain closed in the area “due to investigative activity.” The highway had been closed in both directions between Exit 27 in Newport and Exit 26 in Orleans earlier Monday, but northbound traffic resumed around 5 p.m., according to Vermont State Police. At around 5:45 p.m., more than a dozen police cars with flashing lights could be seen pulled over at a southbound rest area in the Coventry area. North of that location, the southbound onramp at Exit 27 was blocked off by police cars. The incident came during a time of heightened tension along the northern border. Prior to his second inauguration Monday, President Donald Trump had raised concerns about the flow of migrants and drugs from Canada into the U.S., prompting the Canadian and Quebec governments to devote more law enforcement resources to the border. In his inaugural address, Trump previewed plans to beef up border security and crack down on cross-border crime. “We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders but refuses to defend American borders, or more importantly, its own people,” Trump said. The National Border Patrol Council, a union that represents Border Patrol agents, wrote Monday on X, “Our hearts go out to the family, friends, and coworkers of our fallen brother in green in Vermont.”Members of Vermont’s congressional delegation — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vt. — expressed their condolences in a joint statement Monday night, thanking first-responders and saying they would continue to monitor the situation.“Border Patrol agents do important work protecting our borders. They deserve our full support in terms of staffing, pay and working conditions,” the delegation wrote. “We look forward to working with the agency to make sure that they have all the resources they need to do the enormously important work that is their responsibility. Together, we must do everything possible to prevent future tragedies like what happened today.”Kristen Fountain and Paul Heintz contributed reporting.Read the story on VTDigger here: 2 dead, including U.S. Border Patrol agent, following shooting in northern Vermont.