{"id":2149,"date":"2026-06-09T18:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:49:15","slug":"border-patrol-agent-killed-in-the-line-of-duty-to-be-buried-in-minnesota-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/?p=2149","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty to be buried in Minnesota on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/david-chris-maland.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Minnesota-born U.S. Border Patrol agent\u00a0killed in the line of duty last month\u00a0will be buried at Fort Snelling on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Christopher \u201cChris\u201d Maland, 44, was killed on Jan. 20 while working in Vermont. He pulled over a car, believing one of the two passengers had an expired visa. One of the passengers opened fire; the other allegedly also drew a gun, according to an FBI affidavit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maland was fatally shot in the exchange. One of the passengers in the car, Felix Baukholt, was also killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maland\u2019s family will host a visitation Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Richfield. Maland will then be buried with full military honors at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChris was a dedicated agent who served with honor and bravery,\u201d his family\u00a0wrote in his obituary. \u201cHe had a tremendous respect and pride for the work he did: he truly embodied service over self.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maland was born in Blue Earth and grew up in Fairmont. He was an Air Force veteran and worked security at the Pentagon, where he was stationed during the attacks on Sept. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ordered flags to fly at half-staff Saturday in Maland\u2019s honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMinnesota recognizes Maland\u2019s dedicated service and sacrifice, and I extend my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones,\u201d Walz said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI has\u00a0arrested and charged\u00a0a Washington state woman in connection with Maland\u2019s death. Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces federal firearms charges. She was the surviving passenger in the car involved in the shooting; the FBI affidavit alleges she opened fire first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota-born U.S. Border Patrol agent\u00a0killed in the line of duty last month\u00a0will be buried at Fort Snelling on Saturday.\u00a0 David Christopher \u201cChris\u201d Maland, 44, was killed on Jan. 20 &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landingliker.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}