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FBI arrested a Seattle woman accused of shooting a Border Patrol agent to death | |
2025-01-25 | |
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Follow up to this story from two days ago.
… according to an FBI affidavit. She has been charged in the death of Border Patrol agent David Maland, 44. The incident occurred in Vermont. According to the FBI, Maland initiated an immigration traffic stop, pulling over Youngblut, who immediately exited the vehicle and opened fire, killing Maland. A German national, identified as Felix Baukholt, was a passenger in the vehicle. He reached for his gun, but was shot in a shootout involving other officers before he could open fire, per court documents. An investigation into Youngblut and Baukholt was initiated after a hotel employee reported to police that they had been carrying firearms while wearing black tactical gear outside the property, according to the affidavit. The pair was then placed under "periodic surveillance." Two hours before the shooting, investigators observed Baukholt exit a Walmart with two packages of aluminum foil. He was then seen wrapping unidentifiable objects while in the passenger seat of the vehicle. The FBI conducted a search of the car after the shootout and found cellphones wrapped in foil, a ballistic helming, night-vision goggles, ammunition, and respirators. Additionally, a package of shooting range targets, radios, and travel and lodging information were also recovered. According to social media, Youngblut is a computer science student at the University of Washington. https://justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/woman-charged-discharging-firearm-during-assault-united-states-border-patrol-agent
Bauckholt's still live LinkedIn profile says he worked in the New York office of Tower Research Capital, the high frequency trading firm. Tower Research didn't respond to a request to comment on Bauckholt's recent employment status, but the alleged expiry of his visa suggests he may no longer have been working there. What drew attention was that they acted strange, and "they appeared to be dressed in all-black tactical style clothing with protective equipment, with the woman, later identified as Youngblut, carrying an apparent firearm in an exposed-carry holster." Based on that encounter, Vermont State Police and Homeland Security Investigations personnel tried to initiate a “consensual conversation,” but neither wanted to go along with that ploy. They told the police they were in the area looking for land to buy. The encounter was sufficiently out of the ordinary to draw surveillance because on Sunday, January 19, they were spotted walking in Newport, VT, and Youngblut was packing. This is how the shootout unfolded. "On January 20, 2025, at approximately 3:00 pm, an on-duty, uniformed United States Border Patrol (USBP) Agent initiated a stop of a blue 2015 Toyota Prius Hatchback with [a] North Carolina license plate... to conduct an immigration inspection as it was driving southbound on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont," read an FBI criminal complaint obtained by Fox News. The "immigration stop" took place while the vehicle was headed away from the Canadian border, so it is starting to look like a pretext as several Border Patrol agents were involved. According to the affidavit, agents had secured a .40-caliber Glock 23 “on or near” Youngblut after the shootout, while a .380-caliber M&P Shield firearm was secured “on or near Baukholt after the incident.” The inventory from the affidavit indicates that Youngblut fired at least two times, but there is no evidence that Baulkholt fired. What does it all mean? It seems that Youngblut was the leader of the two. She had the real gun, and she initiated the firefight. I'm sure her being from Washington is not related, but when you hear "all-black tactical style clothing with protective equipment" in connection with that state, it is hard not to think of Antifa. How did Baulkholt get sucked into the plot? The guy was a math genius earning a boatload of money until it seems he got fired and his visa was suspended. If one were looking for a plausible scenario, it would be that the pair planned some sort of one-way mission against the Border Patrol station to make an anti-Trump statement, but your guess is as good as mine. Related: Vermont: 2025-01-23 Border Patrol Agent Killed in Inauguration Day Shoot-out Vermont: 2024-12-19 Insiders reveal how the Democratic Party is locked in a nasty 'knife fight' as top politicians seek revenge for Kamala's $1.5 billion 'circus of lies' Vermont: 2024-12-15 Bill Clinton's Last Outrage; The President's Defenders Feel Betrayed by His Pardon of Marc Rich | |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 This will just be the beginning for the Canadian border. I recommend deploying the 10th Mountain there instead of to the Mexican border. Just give the Marines the Southern border. They sing songs about invading Mexico. It is their jam. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2025-01-25 11:36 |
#2 Between that and Red State’s suggestion that this was meant to be an Antifa action, SteveS, one really wonders what plan the Border Patrolmen interrupted. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2025-01-25 09:20 |
#1 under "periodic surveillance" Is that FBI-speak for "known wolf"? |
Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-25 09:16 |