A Washington state woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a Vermont traffic stop that happened days after authorities began watching her and a German companion, who also died in the highway firefight, the FBI said Friday.
Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces two weapons charges in connection with the death of Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, who died Monday during the shootout in Coventry, a small town about 20 miles from the Canadian border.
According to an FBI affidavit, a border agent pulled over Youngblut and Felix Baukholt on Interstate 91 to conduct an immigration inspection. At the time, Baukholt appeared to have an expired visa according to a Department of Homeland Security database, but investigators later confirmed that his visa was current, the FBI said Friday.
Youngblut, who had been driving Baukholt’s car, got out and opened fire on Maland and …