Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says

A pistillate charged successful the January sidesplitting of a U.S. Border Patrol cause during a Vermont postulation halt fired the slug that struck him successful the neck, authorities accidental successful a caller report.

Another cause fired backmost during the Jan. 20 stop, wounding Teresa Youngblut and sidesplitting her companion, Felix Bauckholt, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said successful a connection Wednesday.

Youngblut and Bauckholt were affiliated with the Zizians, a cultlike radical that has besides been linked to killings successful Pennsylvania and California, authorities allege. The shootout happened aft an cause pulled them implicit connected Interstate 91 a fewer miles (kilometers) from the Canadian border.

About 30 minutes into the stop, the agents asked Youngblut and Bauckholt to get retired of their car to beryllium questioned, the borderline bureau said successful its report, which doesn't sanction anyone involved. They reported that Youngblut “suddenly drew a firearm and opened fire," sidesplitting the cause David Maland, it said.

One of 4 agents connected the country returned fire, striking Youngblut erstwhile successful the limb and erstwhile successful the leg. The aforesaid cause reported that Bauckholt began drafting a firearm from his broadside and that helium ordered him to stop.

The cause said the antheral “failed to comply” and that helium fired doubly connected the man, striking Bauckholt doubly successful the chest.

Two minutes aft that exchange, an cause radioed successful that different had suffered a captious gunshot coiled to the neck, the study said. Agents and a Vermont authorities trooper rendered assistance to him and helium was driven to a hospital, wherever helium died.

Youngblut was arrested and constabulary attempted to spot a tourniquet connected her limb portion awaiting exigency responders, according to the report.

In total, that cause fired astir 8 rounds and Youngblut fired four, according to the borderline agency. Two guns were aboriginal recovered from the country that had been successful Youngblut and Bauckholt's possession, authorities said.

On Jan. 19, a borderline patrol cause assigned to a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force notified the borderline patrol Newport Station absorption of a study that the mates had checked into a edifice wearing achromatic tactical cogwheel connected Jan. 13, according to the report. At slightest 1 of them was carrying a weapon and some arrived successful the Prius they were aboriginal successful during the shootout.

The cause advised the Newport presumption that authorities and national instrumentality enforcement officials “had antecedently identified the antheral arsenic a German citizen, successful possession of a H1B visa with chartless migration status.”

Youngblut is charged with intentionally utilizing a deadly limb towards national instrumentality enforcement, and utilizing and discharging a firearm during an battle with a deadly weapon. She pleaded not guilty.

When asked to remark connected the report, Fabienne Boisvert-DeFazio, a spokesperson for the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont, said the bureau “does not remark connected ongoing cases beyond the nationalist record.”