Teresa Youngblut

Allegedly helped in the 2024 Brian Thompson murder project.

Authorities say that she will eventually be charged in the fatal shooting of Minnesota native Chris Maland, a U.S. Border Patrol agent working in Vermont. The incident happened in January 2025 but the government has still not charged her with murder.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, has so far been charged with one count of using a deadly weapon while assaulting a US agent and one count of using and discharging a firearm during/in relation to the assault.

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 allegedly 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.

She is a FtMtF, who sometime back went by the moniker “Milo.”