By Guy Page
A May 14 Customs and Border Protection report confirms that the driver of the car stopped on January 20 in Coventry fired the gun that killed Border Patrol Officer David Maland.
In other police reports, the driver/shooter has been identified as Theresa Youngblut of Seattle, WA, a member of Zis, a Berkeley CA cult of transgendered computer geniuses allegedly responsible for other killings nationwide. Youngblut is being held in federal custody pending trial.
Maland was fatally shot and a federal investigation is underway after a vehicle stop on Interstate 91 escalated into a deadly exchange of gunfire near the U.S.-Canada border on Monday, January 20. One suspect, passenger Felix Bauckholt, was killed, and Youngblut has since been indicted on federal charges.
According to the United States Border Patrol (USBP), the incident began following a tip received by a Border Patrol Agent (BPA) assigned to a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force. The agent notified Newport Station management on January 19 that two individuals — an adult male German national on an H1B visa (Bauckholt) and an adult female U.S. citizen (Youngblut) — had checked into a local hotel on January 13 wearing black tactical gear, with at least one openly carrying a firearm. The pair arrived in a blue Toyota Prius.
On January 20, at 2:36 p.m., a BPA spotted the vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 91 near mile marker 169, roughly seven miles from the Derby Line Port of Entry. The Prius, driven by Youngblut, was pulled over. Additional Border Patrol Agents and Vermont State Police (VSP) arrived shortly thereafter.
At 3:10 p.m., agents asked both occupants to exit the vehicle. According to reports, the driver Youngblut drew a firearm and opened fire, striking one agent. Four agents were present, and one returned fire, striking the female in the arm and leg. The passenger, identified as the German national, allegedly attempted to draw a weapon but was shot twice in the chest after failing to comply with commands.
The BPA who returned fire discharged his service weapon eight times, while Youngblut fired approximately four rounds. Two firearms were recovered at the scene.
Emergency services were immediately requested. At 3:13 p.m., agents reported that a BPA had sustained a critical gunshot wound to the neck. Despite efforts by BPAs, a VSP Trooper, and a Newport Police Department officer, the injured agent was pronounced dead at North Country Hospital. The female suspect was arrested and received medical attention for her injuries before being transported to the hospital under police escort.
Bauckholt was declared deceased at the scene after emergency responders found no signs of life. His time of death was later recorded as 3:15 p.m.
During the investigation, authorities discovered several suspicious packages wrapped in aluminum foil inside the Prius. The Vermont State Police Bomb Squad and FBI were called to the scene. The vehicle was declared safe in the early hours of January 21.
Bauckholt’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Burlington, where the preliminary cause of death was listed as trauma and the manner of death as homicide.
On February 6, Youngblut was formally indicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. She faces charges of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 111(a), (b), and discharging a firearm during a violent crime under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii).