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Suspects in fatal Border Patrol stop had been under surveillance, authorities say

An American woman and a German man were under periodic surveillance before a shooting near the Canadian border that left a suspect and a Border Patrol agent dead.

January 25, 2025 at 6:36 p.m. EST15 minutes ago

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A U.S. Border Patrol agent deploys a flare while blocking Interstate 91 southbound, a day after another agent was shot and killed on the highway in Coventry, Vermont. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

By Gaya Gupta

Two suspects in a shootout that killed a U.S. Border Patrol agent in northern Vermont on Monday had been known to authorities for almost a week before the fatal traffic stop, according to court filings unsealed Friday.

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Teresa Youngblut, 21, was charged with one count of using a deadly weapon while assaulting a Border Patrol agent and one count of using and discharging a firearm. Felix Baukholt, a German citizen who was traveling with her, was also killed in the shootout.

By Gaya Gupta

Gaya Gupta is a reporter on the General Assignment team at The Washington Post. She came to The Post from The New York Times, where she was a breaking news reporter as part of its fellowship program. She interned at The Post on the Metro desk in 2022.gayalgupta

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