A procession was held earlier in the day in Burlington, Vermont, before the 44-year-old Blue Earth, Minnesota native was escorted to his return flight home.

David "Chris" Maland, 44, was fatally shot in the line of duty on Tuesday in Coventry, Vermont, according to the Vermont State Police. Maland was an agent with the U.S. Border Patrol Swanton Sector and was conducting a traffic stop at the time.

The sector encompasses Vermont, parts of New York and New Hampshire ... near the border with Mexico. The Minnesota native who family members called by his middle name, Chris, was about to propose ...

David Maland, 44, was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, his family said.

David "Chris" Maland, the U.S. Border Patrol agent allegedly killed by a German national during a traffic stop near the Vermont-Canada border on Monday, was an Air Force veteran.

Fallen Border Patrol agent David "Chris" Maland was honored Thursday with a procession attended by hundreds of law enforcement officers.

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

U.S. Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland was fatally shot during a traffic stop in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon.