Authorities have identified 21-year-old Teresa Youngblut of Washington State as the second suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David “Chris” Maland earlier this week.
Youngblut faces charges of intentionally using a deadly weapon to forcibly assault a federal law enforcement officer and discharging a firearm during an assault, according to court records.
The charges were outlined in an eight-page affidavit filed by the FBI on Wednesday and unsealed Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Burlington.
The shooting took place Monday afternoon during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about nine miles south of the U.S.-Canada border.
Agent Maland initiated the stop after receiving a lookout alert for the suspects’ vehicle, a blue 2015 Toyota Prius with North Carolina plates.
Two additional Border Patrol vehicles arrived at the scene before gunfire broke out.
Youngblut and her companion, 30-year-old German national Felix Baukholt, were both armed. Youngblut allegedly fired without warning, striking Maland.
Baukholt attempted to draw his weapon but was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents. Maland suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck and was pronounced dead at North Country Hospital in Newport.
Authorities have identified 21-year-old Teresa Youngblut of Washington State as the second suspect in the fatal shooting of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David “Chris” Maland earlier this week.
Youngblut faces charges of intentionally using a deadly weapon to forcibly assault a federal law enforcement officer and discharging a firearm during an assault, according to court records.
The charges were outlined in an eight-page affidavit filed by the FBI on Wednesday and unsealed Thursday morning in U.S. District Court in Burlington.
The shooting took place Monday afternoon during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Coventry, about nine miles south of the U.S.-Canada border.
Agent Maland initiated the stop after receiving a lookout alert for the suspects’ vehicle, a blue 2015 Toyota Prius with North Carolina plates.
Two additional Border Patrol vehicles arrived at the scene before gunfire broke out.
Youngblut and her companion, 30-year-old German national Felix Baukholt, were both armed. Youngblut allegedly fired without warning, striking Maland.
Baukholt attempted to draw his weapon but was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents. Maland suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck and was pronounced dead at North Country Hospital in Newport.