Overview
- The shooting occurred during an ICE surveillance operation and left a 26-year-old Colombian man dead, rights groups and local officials said.
- The Biddeford incident, which took place Monday, July 13, is being probed by the FBI and Maine State Police while the DHS Office of Inspector General has been notified.
- Witnesses near the scene said the driver appeared already injured and that he told bystanders “I tried to stop,” a claim that conflicts with Homeland Security’s reported assertion that the vehicle was “weaponized.”
- Officials and lawmakers reported that the ICE agents involved were not wearing body-worn cameras and one agent has been placed on leave as part of standard protocol.
- This is the second fatal ICE use-of-force shooting in less than a week following a July 7 death in Houston that DHS later said involved a mistaken target, and the cases have intensified calls for independent reviews and broader oversight of ICE tactics.