COVENTRY, Vt. (TNND) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed during a traffic stop in northern Vermont Monday was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who worked security at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, according to his family and officials.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the slain agent was David C. Maland. The FBI, meanwhile, said the other person killed was a German national on a current visa.