The I-91 highway southbound lane in Coventry on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTwo months ago, a shooting in Coventry, Vermont, left a border patrol agent and a 28-year-old visitor dead. Any fatal shooting is alarming and tragic, but this story has taken a number of incr easingly strange twists and turns.VTDigger has been on the ground from the start, breaking news and connecting the dots in this unsettling case. This is why we don’t just chase headlines — we dig deeper. But investigative journalism isn’t easy, and it isn’t cheap.If you can, please help support my work, and that of my newsroom colleagues, today during VTDigger’s Spring Member Drive.I support your workIn this case we’ve helped reveal that two people involved in the shooting had ties to an unusual ideology, a cast of mysterious figures and several other deaths in multiple U.S. states. This story continues to draw national attention. And VTDigger journalists have been at the forefront in reporting it.VTDigger reporters have attended court hearings in Burlington and driven out on snowy roads into the remotest corners of the Northeast Kingdom. We’ve spent hours poring over pages and pages of court documents, impenetrable blog posts and public records. And we’ve spoken to dozens of people in at least five states — real estate agents, firearms dealers, court officials, attorneys, law enforcement agents, neighbors and more — many of whom are afraid for their lives and reluctant to speak to journalists.We’ve repeatedly broken news about the people involved and the law enforcement response, and we’ve gone toe-to-toe with bigger, better-resourced media outlets as we piece together this bizarre tale.If you value the kind of rigorous, on-the-ground reporting that brings crucial stories to light, I hope you’ll consider making a donation today. Your support ensures that we can continue asking the tough questions, driving the dirt roads, and uncovering the full story—no matter how complex it gets.Support local newsThank you for considering a donation to power investigative journalism for Vermont.Sincerely,Peter D’AuriaGovernment Accountability & Health Care ReporterP.S. You can read all our coverage of this developing story here. Read the story on VTDigger here: Unraveling a national story — right here in Vermont. ...read more read less