A woman who killed a U.S. Border Patrol in Vermont traffic parking said in a new report that he had killed his bullets at a Vermont traffic stop.
Another agent injured Teresa Youngblut at the stop on Jan. 20 and killed her companion Felix Bauckholt, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Wednesday.
Authorities say Youngblut and Bauckholt are affiliated with Zizian, a cult-like group that is also associated with the killings in Pennsylvania and California. The gunfight happened after an agent pulled them on Interstate 91 a few miles (km) from the Canadian border.
In its report, the border agency said that during the parking period of about 30 minutes, agents asked Youngblut and Bauckholt to leave their car for inquiries. They reported that Youngblut “suddenly pulled out his gun and opened fire” and killed agent David Maland.
One of the four agents at the scene was heavily fired, hit Youngblut once and hit the leg once. The same agent reported that Bauckholt began to pick up the gun from him and he ordered him to stop.
The agent said the man “failed to comply” and he opened the man twice, hitting Bowkholt in the chest twice.
Two minutes after the exchange, an agent suffered a serious gunshot wound around the neck. Agents and a Vermont soldier provided him with aid, and he was taken to the hospital and died.
Youngblut was arrested and police tried to put the tourniquet on their legs while waiting for an emergency response.
Overall, the agent was about eight rounds and Youngblut drove four rounds, according to the border agency. Authorities said two guns were later found from the scene owned by Youngblut and Bauckholt.
A Border Patrol agent assigned to the Homeland Security Investigation Task Force notified a report of the Border Patrol Newport Station Management Company, which signed into a hotel wearing black tactical equipment on January 13, the report said. At least one of them was holding a gun, both reaching the Prius they later entered in the gunfight.
The agent advises Newport Station, state and federal law enforcement “has previously identified men as German citizens with H1B visas with unknown immigration status.”
Youngblut is accused of intentionally using lethal weapons to impose federal law enforcement and use and release firearms during attacks with lethal weapons. She pleaded not guilty.
When asked to comment on the report, Fabienne Boisvert-Defazio, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, said the office “has no comments on cases outside public records.”
