A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement later that evening.

The fatal encounter occurred around 3:15 p.m. EST Monday on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about 13 miles south of the Canadian border.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.

An investigation was underway on Tuesday near the United States’ border with Canada, where an agent was fatally shot “in the line of duty,” authorities said. The fatal encounter unfolded Monday along Interstate 91 in Orleans County,

FBI Albany said they are investigating "an alleged assault on a federal officer in connection with a fatal shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol Agent."

Officials said the agent was shot on Interstate 91, which was closed for several hours near the border with Canada.

Interstate 91 between Exits 27 and 26 is closed in both directions after Vermont State Police said a U.S. Border Patrol Agent was shot. The roadway was closed at 3:30 p.m. following what Vermont State Police called an "evolving police incident".

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Authorities on Tuesday are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent that also left a suspect dead and another injured on a Vermont highway near Canada, authorities said.

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Coventry is close to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Newport Station, part of the Swanton Sector that encompasses Vermont and parts of New York and New Hampshire. The area includes 295 miles of international boundary with Canada.