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Fatal shooting involving ICE officers under investigation in Maine

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A fatal shooting involving ICE officers took place in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, local government officials said.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Gov. Janet Mills wrote in a statement that she had been briefed on the fatal incident “involving Federal law enforcement.” She added that state police were cooperating with local and federal officials. The Biddeford Police Department said it responded to calls about an occurrence at Pool and Hill streets that “involved U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel.”Two organizations, Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition and Presente!, identified the victim as a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number.Ruben Torres, the advocacy and policy manager at Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition, told Jattvibe News they are waiting to notify the victim’s family before releasing any additional details publicly.Daniel Boucher, 71, who lives on a corner of a street where the shooting happened, told Jattvibe News he had a direct view. He said that after hearing shots at about 7:30 a.m., he saw a large white vehicle ram a smaller one before they collided again. Boucher said he saw an officer open the door of one of the vehicles and pull out a man whose head was bleeding profusely. He said he heard the man say, “I tried to stop.” “Nobody should have to see what I saw,” Boucher said. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said that the FBI is investigating. “The shooting in Biddeford requires a full and impartial investigation of what happened,” she said in a statement.The Department of Homeland Security, ICE, local police and the state’s Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau and former state Sen. Troy Jackson both referred to an ICE-involved shooting in which someone was killed. “This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Fecteau wrote. “State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well.”Fecteau said his team was monitoring the situation “very closely” and promised updates. Jackson posted a similar statement. “My heart is with Biddeford — and with all Mainers,” Jackson said about the shooting in the community about 15 miles south of Portland, Maine.Biddeford Saco for Racial Justice, a local social justice group, called for a noon protest against ICE at Mechanics Park.The Maine shooting comes less than a week after ICE officers in Houston fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was driving a van they were chasing. DHS has said the man had “weaponized” the van by trying to run over ICE officers but some Texas officials have questioned that narrative. DHS had also said Renee Good had tried to run over an ICE officer in defending their fatal confrontation in Minneapolis in January, an account local officials disputed. Less than three weeks later, another officer fatally shot Alex Pretti.ICE arrests have sharply increased since late last month.

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