Federal law enforcement officials are releasing more details about the two suspects in the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent Monday, Jan. 24, in Vermont. The incident occurred near the northern border with Canada.
Court documents unsealed Friday, Jan. 24, reveal that the two suspects, a German citizen killed in a shootout with law enforcement and an injured Washington state resident, had additional weapons and tactical gear.
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The documents say the suspects had two guns, 48 rounds of hollow-point ammunition, a loaded magazine, a semi-used package of shooting range targets, a ballistic helmet, a tactical belt and night vision equipment.
Investigators also found multiple laptops and cell phones wrapped in aluminum foil as a way to prevent tracking the phones.
44-year-old Border Patrol agent David Maland died in the attacks. However, the documents do not say whether he was shot by one of the suspects or another Border Patrol agent.
The documents note that the Department of Homeland Security had been monitoring the two suspects since Jan. 14 and that the German national had an expired visa.
