ICE shot and killed motorist in Maine. Advocates say he's a 26-year-old man from Colombia

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — A national migration serviceman fatally changeable a motorist successful Maine connected Monday, the 2nd clip successful a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents person utilized deadly force. It is astatine slightest the ninth specified sidesplitting since President Donald Trump began his migration crackdown.

Immigrant rights groups identified the antheral who was killed arsenic a 26-year-old autochthonal of Colombia.

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the serviceman opened occurrence aft the antheral tried to usage his conveyance arsenic a limb against officers who were pursuing him for deportation successful Biddeford, a coastal metropolis of astir 23,000 radical astir 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland.

“He was successful a conveyance — pulled retired successful the vehicle, and the word the caput utilized was ‘weaponized’ the conveyance and was changeable by an ICE agent,” King said.

The Maine lawyer general’s office, which is investigating on with the FBI and different agencies, said archetypal statements suggest the motorist was trying to fly successful the absorption of the agent. The antheral was the people of an enforcement cognition related to a last bid of removal, the bureau said, and the cause who killed him has been placed connected leave.

Messages seeking remark were near for ICE and the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Daniel Boucher said helium looked retired his third-floor model aft proceeding a “pop, pop, pop” dependable and saw a tiny car “turned 90 degrees to the curb” with an SUV down it. The operator was wounded and the car started moving down the thoroughfare until the SUV deed it again, Boucher said.

“His look was bloody. His caput was bloody,” Boucher said, getting choked up. “I intelligibly heard the unfortunate say, ‘I tried to stop’ — intelligibly heard him accidental that.”

Boucher said helium saw an ICE serviceman bring a aesculapian container to wherever the antheral was lying earlier an ambulance and occurrence motortruck arrived. At 1 point, Boucher said, the cause who changeable the antheral walked adjacent to him.

“I was affectional and I conscionable fto him person it, and helium looked astatine maine and said, ‘He tried to tally maine over,’ oregon thing to that effect," Boucher said. "I don’t retrieve his nonstop words.”

The antheral was authorized to enactment successful the US, advocates say

Two advocacy groups, the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and Presente!, said the antheral who was killed was authorized to enactment successful the U.S. and had a Social Security number.

After the shooting, his household contacted the Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, but they aren't acceptable to talk publically astir the shooting, said the group's enforcement director, Mufalo Chitam.

Mary Hayes, who lives adjacent to wherever the shooting happened, said the antheral lived adjacent with his woman and daughter.

“I watched a woman autumn to her knees looking astatine her husband’s dormant assemblage connected the ground,” Hayes told the AP arsenic she held a portion of cardboard with “No ICE Stop ICE” written connected it. “I watched a small miss crying with a small pinkish backpack connected due to the fact that she’s ne'er going to spot her begetter again.”

The Colombian Embassy said it is successful interaction with U.S. authorities and “working to formally corroborate the individual’s individuality and nationality.”

Security video but nary body-worn camera footage

Cory Poulin, whose household runs a laundromat adjacent the scene, told the AP that information cameras astatine the concern captured footage of the man’s car rolling into the intersection aft shots were fired. Other images from the country showed the car going successful circles and slug holes successful its windshield.

He said Maine State Police asked that helium not merchandise the footage publicly.

The agents progressive successful the shooting didn’t person body-worn cameras, King said.

“The question is, what did helium bash with his vehicle," King said. “Were officers threatened? Were the threats rising to the level that justified deadly force?

"That’s what this probe is each astir and I surely mean to enactment aft it to bash everything I tin to beryllium definite the probe is arsenic transparent and thorough arsenic possible.”

Anti-ICE protesters stitchery adjacent the scene

Dozens of demonstrators captious of ICE and President Donald Trump’s ongoing migration crackdown gathered successful Biddeford wrong hours of the shooting.

Amy Goodman, who is from adjacent Wells, arrived with a motion that said “Stop Killing Us” and directed it toward constabulary moving astatine the scene.

“Sadly, it’s thing we’re seeing a full batch much often lately, and I’m huffy astir it,” said Goodman, who was wearing a garment that said “ICE is champion erstwhile crushed.”

Police blocked entree to the shooting scene, which is successful a vicinity of mostly multifamily homes, churches and businesses. Several protesters stood nearby, with immoderate holding signs condemning ICE's beingness successful the assemblage and state.

“We are grieving, we are furious, and we volition not let his decease to beryllium treated arsenic regular oregon inevitable,” Chitam said. “How overmuch much harm indispensable our communities endure earlier those with the powerfulness to enactment admit that this has gone excessively far?”

A caller uptick successful Trump's migration crackdown

Monday’s sidesplitting was astatine slightest the ninth decease from an brushwood with national migration officials since Trump returned to bureau 18 months ago.

On July 7, an ICE serviceman fatally changeable 52-year-old Salgado Araujo, of Houston, aft national agents driving unmarked vehicles pursued him portion helium was taking his operation unit to a occupation site.

The shootings travel amid a Trump medication propulsion to transportation retired its wide deportations agenda. During the five-day play astatine the extremity of June, ICE arrested much than 10,000 people.

The figures bespeak that portion the medication is nary longer cracking down connected idiosyncratic cities, the arrests are surging. The administration’s enforcement efforts were wide condemned past wintertime aft the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good successful Minnesota.

“More than thing else, I privation to know, ‘Why are you successful Maine?’" Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said successful a video connected societal media.

Hundreds of Maine ICE arrests since Trump’s return

ICE had a important beingness successful Maine earlier this year, which prompted respective protests.

The Homeland Security Department named the cognition “Catch of the Day,” an evident play connected Maine’s seafood industry, similar it did for “Metro Surge” successful Minnesota and “Midway Blitz” successful Chicago.

Immigration officials said successful precocious January that they had ceased “enhanced operations” successful Maine aft hundreds of arrests.

A Homeland Security spokesperson said astatine the clip that immoderate Maine arrests were of radical “convicted of horrific crimes" including aggravated battle and endangering the payment of a child.”

Court records amusement that portion immoderate had felony convictions, others had unresolved migration proceedings oregon had been arrested but ne'er convicted of a crime.

ICE arrested 546 radical successful Maine betwixt the commencement of Trump’s 2nd word and March 11, 2026, the astir caller information available, according to ICE apprehension information provided to the University of California, Berkeley Deportation Data Project and analyzed by the AP.

About 45% of those arrested had transgression backgrounds. During the equivalent 416-day play earlier Trump took office, astir 69% of those arrested had transgression backgrounds, the information show.

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This communicative was updated to close the spelling of Cory Poulin’s archetypal name.

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Willingham reported from Boston and Brook reported from New Orleans. Associated Press reporters Michael R. Sisak successful New York, Aaron Kessler successful Washington and Kate Brumback successful Atlanta contributed to this report.

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