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Funeral for fatally shot Border Patrol agent from Minnesota set for Feb. 22 [Video]

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MINNEAPOLIS — A funeral date has been set for David C. Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent from Minnesota killed during a traffic stop in Vermont last month.

According to Maland’s online obituary, he will be laid to rest at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis on Saturday, Feb. 22. A visitation will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. that day at Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield, and the graveside service is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Maland, 44, was killed on the afternoon of Jan. 20 after stopping a vehicle for an immigration inspection near the Canadian border.

According to the criminal complaint, 21-year-old Teresa Youngblut was driving the vehicle with a German national as the passenger. Gunshots were reported at the scene shortly after they were stopped.

The German citizen, identified as Felix Baukholt, appeared to have an expired visa in a Department of Homeland Security database.

In a subsequent interview, Border Patrol agents reported that both …

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