A woman from Washington state has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The FBI said Friday that it arrested a Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court accuses Teresa Youngblut of assault as Agent David Maland's casket brought to Colonie for flight home to Minnesota.

The two people involved in the fatal shooting of Vermont U.S. Border Patrol Agent David “Chris” Maland have been identified. Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Washington state, has been charged with assault on a federal law enforcement officer and is also facing a firearms charge.

The FBI says it arrested a 21-year-old Washington state woman in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

Law enforcement officers from around Vermont escorted a fallen U.S. Border Patrol agent to a funeral home Thursday, three days after he was killed during a traffic stop near the Canadian border.

A Washington state woman faces two felony charges stemming from the investigation into the death of Agent David C. Maland on Monday. She has not directly been charged with Maland’s killing.

The FBI has revealed little information about Monday’s fatal shooting of Agent David “Chris” Maland during a traffic stop. A German national who was in the U.S. on a current visa was also killed in the exchange of gunfire,

The FBI says the woman and a German man who died in the firefight had been under surveillance for several days.

COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A 21-year-old Washington state woman has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, according to the FBI. Teresa Youngblut was charged with assault on a federal law enforcement officer in Monday's killing of 44-year-old David "Chris" Maland.

The suspects, a woman from Washington State and a German national, had both been under surveillance in the days leading up to the deadly encounter.

According to the charging affidavit, during the afternoon of January 20, 2025, a United States Border Patrol agent initiated a traffic stop of a Toyota Prius on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont. The car was occupied by Youngblut and a man who was a citizen of Germany and whose immigration status was in question.