Suspects in deadly Vermont Border Patrol shooting had tactical gear: Officials

Jan 24

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Federal law enforcement officials are releasing more details about the two suspects in the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent Monday, Jan. 24, in Vermont. The incident occurred near the northern border with Canada.

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Court documents unsealed Friday, Jan. 24, reveal that the two suspects, a German citizen killed in a shootout with law enforcement and an injured Washington state resident, had additional weapons and tactical gear.

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The documents say the suspects had two guns, 48 rounds of hollow-point ammunition, a loaded magazine, a semi-used package of shooting range targets, a ballistic helmet, a tactical belt and night vision equipment.

Investigators also found multiple laptops and cell phones wrapped in aluminum foil as a way to prevent tracking the phones.

44-year-old Border Patrol agent David Maland died in the attacks. However, the documents do not say whether he was shot by one of the suspects or another Border Patrol agent.

The documents note that the Department of Homeland Security had been monitoring the two suspects since Jan. 14 and that the German national had an expired visa.

Tags: Border crossings, Border czar, Border patrol, Canada, Crime, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Vermont

LAUREN TAYLOR: Federal law enforcement officials are releasing more details about the two suspects in the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Monday in Vermont, near the northern border with Canada.

Court documents unsealed on Friday reveal that the two suspects, a German citizen killed in a shootout with law enforcement and a Washington state resident who was wounded, had additional weapons and tactical gear.

Investigators also found multiple laptops, as well as cell phones wrapped in aluminum foil, in the apparent hope of preventing the phones from being tracked.

44-year-old Border Patrol agent David Maland died in the attacks but the documents did not say whether his death came from a bullet from one of the suspects or from one of his fellow Border Patrol agents.

The documents noted that the Department of Homeland Security had been monitoring the two suspects since January 14th and that the suspect who was a German national had an expired visa.

For Straight Arrow News, I’m Lauren Taylor.

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