Law enforcement from around the state escort a hearse carrying fallen border patrol agent David Maland from the UVM Medical Center morgue to a funeral home in Burlington, Vt. Border Patrol agent during a traffic stop in Vermont earlier this week. Maland pulled over Youngblut and Felix Baukholt on Interstate 91 in Coventry, a town of about 1, people near the Canadian border, on Monday because Baukholt appeared to have an expired visa, according to an FBI affidavit.
During the stop, Youngblut opened fired on Maland and other officers and Baukholt tried to draw a gun but was shot, the affidavit states. Investigators tried to question the duo, who said they were in the area looking to buy property but declined to have an extended conversation, the FBI said.
About two hours before the shooting, investigators watched Baukholt exit a Walmart in Newport, which is just north of Coventry, with two packages of aluminum foil. According to the affidavit, he was seen wrapping unidentifiable objects while seated in the passenger seat. Authorities later found a ballistic helmet, night-vision goggles, respirators and ammunition in the car, along with a package of shooting range targets, some of which were used.
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