Teresa Youngblut, 21, was taken into custody following Monday’s fatal shooting near the Vermont-Canada border.
Teresa Youngblut, 21, was taken into custody following Monday’s fatal shooting near the Vermont-Canada border.
Youngblut has been charged with one count of using a deadly weapon while assaulting a border patrol agent and one count of using and discharging a firearm.The shooting happened after U.S. Border Patrol agent David “Chris Maland, 44, initiated a traffic stop on Youngblut’s vehicle on Interstate 91 between Newport and Orleans. Youngblut and her passenger, German national Felix Bauckholt, were both armed at the time.
Youngblut allegedly opened fire and Bauckholt attempted to draw his gun, according to authorities.
Gunfire was exchanged and Maland later died from his injuries. Bauckholt was pronounced dead at the scene. Youngblut was injured and treated at a local hospital.
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